Ignazio Catania
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Mro. Ignazio Catania, li kellu sehem importanti fir-ri-organizzazzjoni tal-Banda Unione, twieled f' Bormla fid-29 ta’ Jannar 1860 iben Ġiljan u Reġina nee' German. Beda jistudja l-klarinett mal-Banda San Giorgio ta’ Bormla, biex wara sar wieħed mill-aqwa solisti. L-antiki kienu jinstemgħu jgħidu li kien jgħaxxaq lil kulħadd meta kien ikollu xi solo mal-banda. Kompla l-istudji mużikali u nħatar assistent surmast tal-Banda San Giorgio ta’ Beltu. Fl-1883 inħatar direttur tal-Banda Mannarino f' iż-Żurrieq u fl-istess ħin kien jgħallem il-mużika lill-allievi tal-istess banda.
Tul il-karriera tiegħu, mexxa diversi baned oħra fosthom is-Għaqda Mużikali San Leonardu ta’ Ħal-Kirkop, Soċjetà Filarmonika G.M. Fra Antoine de Paule (Banda Kristu Re) ta’ Raħal Ġdid, jew kif nafhu wkoll Paola, Għaqda Mużikali Marija Annunzjata Ħal Tarxien A.D. 1862 ta' Ħal Tarxien Għaqda Mużikali Beland ta' Iż-Żejtun. Fost il-kompożizzjonijiet tiegħu hemm l-Innu Vi Salvi il Ciel Magnanimi, il-Polka La Rosa, il-mużika San Giorgio a Mare u diversi valzers fosthom l-Otto di Dicembre, Due Ladri u Spasimenti.
Kien mizzewweġ lil Francesca u kellhorn ħamest itfal. Mro. Ignazio Catania miet f'Bormla fl-4 ta' Awwissu 1939, fl-għomor ta’ 79 sena.