I miei ragli: raccolta di sonetti [My Brayings: a Collection of Sonnets]. New York: Tip. Ed. Nicoletti Bros, 1909.
Title
I miei ragli: raccolta di sonetti [My Brayings: a Collection of Sonnets]. New York: Tip. Ed. Nicoletti Bros, 1909.
Description
With a preface by Alberto Frangini, this collection of 50 sonnets is one of two known works (the other is La colonia italiana di Baltimore, New York 1932, Societa Tipografica Italiana) by the Baltimore-based musician and professor of literature, Camillo Baucia (b. Italy 1868).
Active in the local Dante Alighieri Society in Baltimore, Baucia was called the “champion marathon pianist in Europe,” where he regularly exceeded 50 hours of playing piano uninterrupted. A Time magazine article (December 7, 1925) reported that after a grueling 52 hours of playing in a two-man piano-playing marathon contestin Baltimore, the aging pianist was urged to desist on doctor’s orders, and did so, while playing “Maryland, My Maryland,” yielding the championship to his opponent.
Active in the local Dante Alighieri Society in Baltimore, Baucia was called the “champion marathon pianist in Europe,” where he regularly exceeded 50 hours of playing piano uninterrupted. A Time magazine article (December 7, 1925) reported that after a grueling 52 hours of playing in a two-man piano-playing marathon contestin Baltimore, the aging pianist was urged to desist on doctor’s orders, and did so, while playing “Maryland, My Maryland,” yielding the championship to his opponent.
Creator
Camillo Baucia
Publisher
Tip. Ed. Nicoletti Bros
Date
1909
Format
20.5 x 11cm; 56 p.
Language
Italian
Citation
Camillo Baucia, “I miei ragli: raccolta di sonetti [My Brayings: a Collection of Sonnets]. New York: Tip. Ed. Nicoletti Bros, 1909.,” Italian-Language American Imprints: The Periconi Collection, accessed April 25, 2024, https://italianamericanimprints.omeka.net/items/show/132.
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