The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-06
famous Leader OF Band Now Playing
in keokuk, In Bio Celebration
Tent Show, Has Had
Brilliant Career.
HE WAS WITH GILMORE
sIonor FIorio Who Plays Several So
los, Has an interesting Career
Z. Started Music When
He Was Nine.
nv Prof. P. c. Hayden

BY PrOI. +. ". I1dyuS
signor A. Liberati has been before
the music loving masses of America
since 1884. Many Keokuk and Quincy
neople heard him at that time when
he was great attraction as solo cor
netist at the st. Louis exposition and
fair. He was also leading cornetist
and solo PLAYER with Gilm ore's band
and in that role gained admirers
throughout the land.
He organized his band and grand
opera concert company in the seven
ties, and for more than forty years
has been a brilliant band leader and
cornet soloist. The people of Amer
lea of all sections, in New York and
Philadelphia, in Texas and Oregon,
in the middle west and Canada have
made him musical idol.
He has won the hearts of his hear.
ers as a player, as leader, as a
musician and AZ a man, and Keokuk
is glad to render him the tribute of
sincere admiration.
Debt to Celebration Committee.
Musical Keokuk is largely indebted
10 the fall celebration committee for
furnishing Liberad, his band and his
singers in series of high class con-
certs at nominal admission price.
Keokuk has heard masters Of he
piano. the violiI. and the cornet and
now has heard master player Of
that noble solo instrument, the
euphonium, (baritone) Salvatore
Florio, who. Liberati says, is the
gr.atest baritone player in Anne .cs.
Learned to Play at Nine.
Salvatore F'lorio who has excited
such wide interest among Keokuk
music lovers by his wonderful solo
playing, is an Italian. He entered the
music school at Milazzo, Sicily, when
he was nine years old and remained
there in training for eight years under
the tutoring of francesca Contursi,
going through the rigorous and
thorough training the Italians insist
upon their instrumental musicians
having After playing in the NUM-
cipal band in his native town he de
cided to make America his home and
landed in New York in 1903. He
played with several eastern organiza
tons and four years ago joined the
band Of A. Liberati, and has since
that great musical organization. Mr.
Florio is baritone player and he
plays this part on the double bell
euphonium, gold plated c. G. Conn
instrument Of the greatest excellence
In all his work Mr.. Florio plays not
only like musician. but like music
lover; one loves not only the music
itself, but the execution of the music.
He enters into his solo and ensemble
work with the enthusiasm of a boy
Signor Florio has all the qualities
necessary to make a great solo
player In addition to thorough must
cianship and musical nature he has
wonderful technique His tone is
sweet and mellow. not only in the
softest passages but also in the great
crash of tone of the full band. In
all the rapid work of his solos his
execution seems to be faultless, the
tone being sweet but absolutely true
in pitch. In the concert yesterday
afternoon he played that wonderful
composition for baritone solo. the
Fantasiao di Concerto by G. Bocca
aari. This is rarely played as there