Giulio Faini Collection

The collection consists of instrumental and symphonic scores by Giulio Faini (Santarcangelo di Romagna, 1874–1935), a French horn player, band conductor, and composer. Arturo Toscanini himself repeatedly wanted him during some of his historic European and American tours. Faini conducted the Santarcangelo band until his final days.

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His compositions, both for band and orchestra, remain part of the repertoire today. For the Pascoli celebrations in nearby San Mauro, he composed the hymn A Roma eterna, set to Pascoli’s own text.

Serino Giorgetti Collection

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Dedicated to Serino Giorgetti (Santarcangelo di Romagna, 1911–1994), violinist, band conductor, and composer. He studied violin in Cesena and graduated from the Bologna Conservatory at seventeen (1928). After Giulio Faini’s death (1935), Giorgetti took over leadership of the local music school and band until 1974.

He founded and directed the choral group of the “canterini” of Santarcangelo di Romagna and composed traditional-style songs, the best known being Chenta Rumagna, on a dialect text by Paolo Bezzi. His heirs donated various musical and archival materials to the Municipality at the end of 2010.

Maria Pascucci Collection

Maria Pascucci (Gambettola, 1892 – Verucchio, 1980) was a teacher and children’s author. Her family moved several times before settling in Santarcangelo in 1907, where her father managed the hospital pharmacy.

At the outbreak of World War I, Maria Pascucci moved to Gatteo, where she taught for six years and began writing and publishing articles and short stories in magazines. In 1921, at her own request, she was transferred to the elementary school of Sant’Agata, a district of Santarcangelo, where she would remain for a long time. Between 1925 and 1927, she served as secretary of a “Free Course of Teaching Culture,” initiated and directed by the Educational Director Alfredo Sancisi.

Teresa Franchini Collection

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Teresa Franchini (Rimini, 1877 – Santarcangelo di Romagna, 1972) was a famous Italian stage actress who joined some of the most prestigious Italian theater companies of the time, including Virgilio Talli’s company. In 1899 she toured abroad alongside Eleonora Duse.

In 1905, she was once again hired for a D’Annunzio tragedy, La fiaccola sotto il moggio, in which she masterfully portrayed the character Gigliola. Subsequently, she took part in other theatrical works by D’Annunzio. In 1924, together with Tullio Carminati, she founded the Teatro degli Italiani in Rome, conceived by Lucio d’Ambra. Teresa dedicated all her experience, technique, and admirable diction to younger generations, engaging in a fruitful career of teaching and acting.

Carlo Carlini Collection

Carlo Carlini, master beekeeper, was born in Santarcangelo in 1875 and died there in 1963. He was one of the foremost experts in apiculture nationally and internationally, renowned for his innovative theories on hive design.

His life was entirely guided by the ideals of Giuseppe Mazzini, with a firm belief that “education and freedom would promote justice and the emancipation of the people.” From this stemmed his constant and active civic commitment: participation in the establishment of the “Tiro a Segno” (Shooting Range) in Santarcangelo, aimed at patriotic goals and educating children’s bodies in gymnastics and outdoor activities; continuous assistance to others through the Workers’ Mutual Aid Society, which he joined as early as 1900 and presided over for more than 25 years.

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