Giuseppe Creatore

Giuseppe Creatore (), called the Great Creatore, was an Italian bandmaster in Italy and the United States. He was born in Naples, Italy on June 21, 1871, and died in New York City on August 15, 1952. Creatore's fame rivaled that of John Philip Sousa, and he was known for performances that were engaging for both their showmanship and musicianship. The music critic of the Kansas City Journal provides a colorful description of Creatore's stage presence: "Creatore starts the band in a mild, entreating way. A simple uplifting of the arms. Then suddenly, with a wild shake of his shaggy head, he springs across the stage with the ferocity of a wounded lion. Crash! Bang! And a grand volume of sound chocks the hall from pit to dome."

Birth and Death Data: Born June 21, 1871 (Naples), Died August 15, 1952 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916 - 1931

Roles Represented in DAHR: director, arranger, composer

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	CVE-33129	12-in.	8/3/1925	Le sincope (Marcia sinfonica)	Creatore's Band	Band	composer, director
Victor	BVE-33130	10-in.	8/3/1925	Libertà dei prigionieri italiani	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-33131	12-in.	8/4/1925	Moraima	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	BVE-33132	10-in.	8/4/1925	Electric march	Creatore's Band	Band	composer, director
Victor	CVE-33133	12-in.	8/4/1925	Marcia turca	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-33134	12-in.	8/5/1925	Tripoli (Marcia sinfonica)	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	BVE-33135	10-in.	8/5/1925	American Army march	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-33136	12-in.	8/5/1925	Dolorès	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	BVE-33137	10-in.	8/6/1925	Maresciallo Cadorna (Marcia sinfonica in F)	Creatore's Band	Band	director, composer
Victor	BVE-33138	10-in.	8/6/1925	Coro delle villanelle	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-33149	12-in.	8/6/1925	Boccaccio : Tarantella e valzer	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-35818	12-in.	7/22/1926	Trovatore : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-35819	12-in.	7/22/1926	Trovatore : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-35820	12-in.	7/22/1926	Pagliacci selection	Creatore's Band	Band, with trombone solo	director
Victor	CVE-35821	12-in.	7/23/1926	Pagliacci selection	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-35822	12-in.	7/23/1926	Lucia : Sextette	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	BVE-35823	10-in.	7/23/1926	Generale Umberto Nobile	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-35824	12-in.	7/23/1926	Traviata selection	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	BVE-35825	10-in.	8/10/1926	A punta di piedi	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	BVE-35826	10-in.	8/10/1926	'O sole mio	Creatore's Band	Band, with cornet solo	director
Victor	CVE-35827	12-in.	8/11/1926	Introduction and Moorish ballet	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-35828	12-in.	8/11/1926	Rigoletto : Quartet	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-35829	12-in.	8/11/1926	Cavalleria rusticana selection	Creatore's Band	Band	director, arranger
Victor	CVE-35830	12-in.	8/12/1926	Grand march and finale	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-35831	12-in.	8/12/1926	Cavalleria rusticana selection	Creatore's Band	Band	director, arranger
Victor	CVE-35832	12-in.	8/12/1926	Traviata selection	Creatore's Band	Band	director, arranger
Victor	BVE-37889	10-in.	4/6/1927	Inno di Garibaldi	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	BVE-37890	10-in.	4/6/1927	Marcia reale	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-37891	12-in.	4/6/1927	Marcia sinfonica, no. 11	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-38803	12-in.	5/13/1927	Semiramide : Overture	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-38804	12-in.	5/13/1927	Semiramide : Overture	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-38835	12-in.	5/25/1927	Carmen : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-38836	12-in.	7/27/1927	Carmen selection	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	BVE-38836	10-in.	5/25/1927	Carmen selection, part 3	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-38837	12-in.	5/25/1927	Carmen : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-39543	12-in.	7/25/1927	Introduction and minuet	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-39544	12-in.	7/25/1927	Miserere	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-39545	12-in.	7/26/1927	Carmen selection	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	BVE-39546	10-in.	7/27/1927	Fado blanquito	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-39547	12-in.	7/27/1927	La forza del destino : Overture	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	BVE-39548	10-in.	7/28/1927	Adelante	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	BVE-39549	10-in.	7/28/1927	El gato montés	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-39550	12-in.	7/29/1927	La forza del destino : Overture	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-46340	12-in.	8/6/1928	Inno dei lavoratori	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-46341	12-in.	8/6/1928	Il guarany : Overture	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-46342	12-in.	8/6/1928	Il guarany : Overture	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-46343	12-in.	8/7/1928	Drinking song	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-46344	12-in.	8/7/1928	La traviata : Act III prelude	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-46345	12-in.	8/7/1928	Nearer, my God, to Thee	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-46370	12-in.	11/12/1928	Indian march	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-46371	12-in.	11/12/1928	Lead, kindly light	Creatore's Band	Band	director, arranger
Victor	CVE-46377	12-in.	11/14/1928	I diavoli rossi	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-46378	12-in.	11/14/1928	Days of '49	Creatore's Band	Band	director, arranger
Victor	CVE-46379	12-in.	11/14/1928	Days of '49	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-46380	12-in.	11/14/1928	Prologue	Creatore's Band	Band	director, arranger
Victor	CVE-48403	12-in.	11/26/1928	The new Italy (March)	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-48404	12-in.	11/26/1928	The return of the sailors (March)	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	CVE-48405	12-in.	11/26/1928	Selections from Mefistofele	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-58041	12-in.	11/18/1929	The geisha : Selection	Creatore's Band ; Antonio de Santis	Band, with cornet solo	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-58042	12-in.	11/18/1929	Faust : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band, with cornet and trombone solos	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-58043	12-in.	11/18/1929	Masked ball : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band, with cornet and trombone solos	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-58044	12-in.	11/18/1929	Pearl fishers : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band, with trombone and baritone horn solos	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-58045	12-in.	11/19/1929	La favorita : Selection	Creatore's Band ; Antonio de Santis	Band, with cornet solo	director, arranger
Victor	CVE-58046	12-in.	11/19/1929	Faust : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band, with cornet solo	director, arranger
Victor	CVE-58047	12-in.	11/19/1929	Ernani : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band, with baritone horn solo	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-58048	12-in.	11/19/1929	La favorita : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band	director, arranger
Victor	CVE-58051	12-in.	11/20/1929	Pearl fishers : Selection	Creatore's Band ; Pauline Talma	Band, with soprano vocal solo	arranger
Victor	CVE-58052	12-in.	11/20/1929	Pearl fishers : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger
Victor	CVE-58053	12-in.	11/20/1929	The geisha : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band (take 3); with soprano vocal solo (takes 1 and 2)	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-58054	12-in.	11/20/1929	Pearl fishers : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger
Victor	CVE-58061	12-in.	11/21/1929	Masked ball : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-58062	12-in.	11/21/1929	Ernani : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	CVE-58063	12-in.	11/21/1929	Il bacio	Creatore's Band	Band, with soprano vocal solo	arranger, director
Victor	PCVE-61059	12-in.	12/12/1930	Bohemian girl selections	Creatore's Band	Band	director, arranger
Victor	PCVE-61060	12-in.	12/12/1930	Ballet from William Tell	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	PCVE-61061	12-in.	12/12/1930	Ballet from William Tell	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	PCVE-61062	12-in.	12/13/1930	Bohemian girl selections	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	PCVE-61063	12-in.	12/13/1930	Cleopatra	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	PCVE-61064	12-in.	12/13/1930	Cleopatra	Creatore's Band	Band	arranger, director
Victor	BRC-70160	10-in.	8/10/1931	Morelos	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	BRC-70161	10-in.	8/10/1931	Aguila azteca	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	BRC-70162	10-in.	8/10/1931	Ignacio E. Lozano	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Victor	BRC-70163	10-in.	8/10/1931	Viva celaya	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	4504	10-in.	2/17/1916	Barber of Seville overture	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	4505	10-in.	2/17/1916	Fra Diavolo : Overture	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	4506	10-in.	2/17/1916	Magic flute : Overture	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	4507	10-in.	2/18/1916	Selection from Traviata	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	4508	10-in.	2/18/1916	Selection from Il trovatore	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	4675	10-in.	4/21/1916	Marcia roma	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	4676	10-in.	4/21/1916	Marcia Columbus	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	4677	10-in.	4/21/1916	Marche indienne	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	4678	10-in.	4/22/1916	Moraima	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	4679	10-in.	4/21/1916	Marche indienne	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	5236	10-in.	12/27/1916	Marche Lorraine	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	5237	10-in.	12/27/1916	Zampa overture	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	5240	10-in.	12/28/1916	Zampa overture	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	5241	10-in.	12/28/1916	Miserere	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	5242	10-in.	12/28/1916	Loin du bal	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	5246	10-in.	12/29/1916	Aida—Selection no. 1	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	5247	10-in.	12/29/1916	Aida—Selection no. 2	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	5984	10-in.	1/29/1918	American aviation march	Creatore's Band	Band	director, composer
Edison	5985	10-in.	1/29/1918	Creatore's Band march	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	5986	10-in.	1/30/1918	The Bohemian girl : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	5987	10-in.	1/30/1918	Barcarolle	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	5996	10-in.	2/5/1918	Excelsior	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	5997	10-in.	2/2/1918	I Lombardi : Chorus	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	6004	10-in.	2/7/1918	Easter chimes	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	6005	10-in.	2/7/1918	Doña Juanita : Selection	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	6012	10-in.	2/12/1918	Boccaccio selection	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	6013	10-in.	2/12/1918	Sons of Uncle Sam	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	6016	10-in.	2/13/1918	Serenade	Creatore's Band	Band	director
Edison	6017	10-in.	2/13/1918	Piccolo pic	Creatore's Band	Band	director

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Creatore, Giuseppe," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110042.

Creatore, Giuseppe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110042.

"Creatore, Giuseppe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.

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