was an Italian
musician and
composer. He initially received a diploma in
piano to become an orchestra
conductor; he spent his whole life in Naples, and during his career he worked at three singing schools in the city. He also led three local theatre orchestras, at the Eden, the Umberto, and the Trianon. He wrote for the majority of local song publishers, and collaborated with artists such as
Libero Bovio, Ernesto Murolo, and
Aniello Califano. His most popular song, to a text by Califano, was "
'O surdato 'nnammurato", published in 1915. Among his other popular songs, to texts or Libero Bovio, were "A serenata 'e Pulecenella", "Tarantella luciana" and "Carufanella".
