Raffaele Ricci
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Il-Professur Kavallier Raffaele Ricci twieled f’Napli, l-Italja, fid-19 ta’ Novembru 1839 u kien miżżewweġ darbtejn. L-ewwel mara kienet Emelia née Marinelli u kellhom wild li jismu Gustav. Fit-tieni żwieġ tiegħu mas-Sinjura Maria née Bossi, huma kellhom tliet ulied oħra, Lucia li kienet iddoqq il-pjanu, Suor Merina li kienet iddoqq l-arpa u Raffaele. Is-Surmast Ricci kien il-kopjista tal-kompożitur kbir Mro. Giuseppe Verdi u kien Maestro di Cappella tal-Vatikan.
Meta ġie Malta mill-ewwel beda jinvolvi ruħu mal-baned Maltin li kienu qed jibdew. Filfatt fl-1899 laħaq Surmast Direttur tal-Duke of Connaught Own Band Club, fi żmienu magħrufa bħala Għaqda Mużikali Sant' Elena. Hu dam f’din il-kariga sal-1904. Ricci kien joqgħod il-Ħamrun f’numru 19, Triq id-Duluri. Fl-1900 ikkompona l-Inno di Gloria a Sant’Elena Imperatrice (l-Innu l-Kbir) li kiseb popolarità kbira u għadu jindaqq f’kull okkażjoni tal-festa sal-lum il-ġurnata. Mro. Raffaele Ricci kkompona diversi marċi, marċi proċessjonali u sinfoniji li għahom miġbura b’għożża kbira fl-arkivju tas-soċjetà. Kien ukoll Surmast Direttur tal-Għaqda Filarmonika Prince of Wales Own tal-Birgu, dak iż-żmien magħrufa bħala Banda Duke of York’s Own.2 Is-Surmast Ricci miet fl-1904 u l-baned li hu kien Surmast Direttur tagħhom, ħadu sehem fil-korteo funebri mill-Ħamrun saċ-Ċimiterju tal-Addolorata bil-mixi, fejn ġie midfun.3
1. Surmastrijiet – Società Filarmonica La Vittoria, Mellieħa. Meħud mis-sit: http://www.lavittoriabandclub.org/profile_maltese_surmastrijiet.asp Nigel Holland, L-Istorja Glorjuża tas-Soċjetà Filarmonika Vilhena, 2006. Meħud mis-sit: http://www.vilhenabc.com/iframes/history.pdf Surmastrijiet – Għaqda Madonna tal-Gazzja Banda San Mikiel, Żabbar. Meħud mis-sit: http://www.talgrazzjabandasanmikiel.com/il_banda/index.html Surmastrijiet Diretturi tal-Banda San Gejtanu. Meħud mis-sit: http://www.stgaetanbc.com/surmastrijiet.php Informazzjoni mgħoddija ġentilment mis-Sinjura Anna Farrugia.
2. Emanuel Busuttil Dougall, Festa San Duminku l-Birgu, 2014. Meħud mis-sit: https://mbasic.facebook.com/notes/festa-san-duminku-l-birgu/l-istorja-tal-g%C4%A7aqda-filarmonika-prince-of-wales-own-il-birgu/10152478138133387/
3. Ktieb tal-Festa, Każin Santa Liena Banda Duke of Connaught’s Own 2000, p. 121.
Tagħrif meħud mill-ktieb Każin Santa Liena Banda Duke of Coonaught's Own A.D. 1865 150 Sena Banda Patrimonju Karkariż Trawwim Mużikali - Kult Elenjan.