- Romeo Cascarino
Romeo Cascarino (b.
September 22 ,1922 ; d.January 8 ,2002 ) was an American composer ofclassical music .His music is generally tonal, and his
magnum opus is the opera "William Penn ", whose life had fascinated Cascarino since childhood. The opera took him nearly 25 years to compose (from 1950 to 1975), and it was premiered in 1982.He served for many years as professor of music at the (now-defunct)
Combs College of Music inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania . He received twoGuggenheim Fellowship s (in 1948 and 1949).External links
* [http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=142734 Romeo Cascarino biography]
* [http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/14443.htm Romeo Cascarino biography] from Naxos site
* [http://www.tarleton.edu/~unews/archivenov12003.html#vocalchoral Article about Romeo Cascarino]
* [http://www.courierpostonline.com/columnists/cxba032005a.htm Article about Romeo Cascarino]
* [http://www.williampennopera.com/pages/1/index.htm William Penn opera site]
* [http://www.kcstudio.com/cascarino2.html Romeo Cascarino interview] by Bruce Duffie]
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