Phillip Sear plays the first piece from a set of six 'Feuilles d'album' (Album leaves) from 1887 by the long-lived Neapolitan organist and composer Giuseppe Cotrufo (1859-1952).
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Cotrufo was born in Naples, and studied at the conservatory there (Beniamino Cesi was one of his teachers). In 1888, he went to Rome to study sacred music, and thereafter moved back to the Naples area to take on organist, choirmaster and teaching roles. I believe that his musical output was mainly for organ and church, but he did write a few piano pieces. You can read more about him here: t.ly/vJa3 . The 'Feuilles d'album' seem to have been conceived as musical calling-cards, maybe to gain rich patrons, as each of the pieces is dedicated to a different Italian aristocrat. This one is dedicated to the Duchess of Bivona. I can't tell for certain which duchess that was, as the 12th Duke of Bivona died in 1885 (only two years before this piece was published) and the 13th Duke in 1898, and both were married. However, I think it most likely to María del Carmen Lucía de Acuña y Dewitte, wife of the 12th Duke, as she was born and died in Naples, whereas her successor was Cuban.

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Played by Phillip Sear
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