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Apr 05, 1899 Roseto Valfortore, Apulia, Italy Died on 02 May 1985 (aged 86)
American conductor
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About Leonard Falcone
- Leonard Vincenzo Falcone (Fal-CONE-ee) (5 April 1899 – May 2, 1985) was an Italian-American musician, conductor, arranger, lecturer, and educator.
- He is well known as a virtuoso on the Baritone Horn, having extensively performed, written, and educated on the instrument.
- Falcone is best known as Director of Bands and Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Michigan State University and as director of the Spartan Marching Band from 1927 through 1967.
- During Falcone's tenure at MSU the band expanded from a small ROTC auxiliary band to a large nationally known Big Ten marching band.
- Scholarship endowments at Michigan State University and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp were established in his honor, as was the Leonard Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Festival.
