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and ideal friendship could never again be evoked. Of his published works I know only two: a novel entitled "Luce Fredda" and a later book entitled,"Teandezza & Serviti del cinema."

Italy in those times was fully of music. Operatic arias floated up from streets and walled lanes, fields and shops, along with Neapolitan songs, and a musical education as it was offered at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia was thorough and comprehensive. Children entered at six years of age and spent the first two years on soffogio and the fundamentals of music so that by the time they were allowed to take up their intended instruments they were already accustomed to the language of music and were yet to develop the technical of the instrument. Here also a great seriousness obtained and no compositions were permitted other than exercise, until each student had found his own characteristic art and was equipped with technical means far beyond the demands of the