1880–1948

Introduction

Born: No­vem­ber 8, 1880, Uti­ca, New York.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 11, 1948, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Buried: Ho­ly Se­pul­chre Ce­me­te­ry, Chel­ten­ham, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Biography

A con­duc­tor, com­pos­er, ar­ran­ger, and pub­lish­er of re­li­gious mu­sic, Mon­ta­ni stu­died in Am­er­ica, and in Rome, It­aly, un­der Lo­ren­zo Pe­ro­si, Fil­ip­po Cap­oc­ci, Dom Moc­quer­iau, and Dom En­di­ne.

He found­ed the St. Greg­o­ry Guild and the So­cie­ty of St. Greg­o­ry, and was a Knight Com­man­der of St. Syl­ves­ter.

He was mu­sic di­rect­or at St. John the Ev­an­gel­ist Church in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia (1923–24), and at St. Paul’s Church, New York Ci­ty (1925).

Works

Music

Sources

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good public do­main pho­to of Mon­ta­ni (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),