Italian oboist and composer (1842–1924).
Born October 13th, 1842 in Palermo.
Died February 23rd, 1924 at 81 years old in Palermo.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel