Leonard Falcone

Leonard Vincent Falcone (Fal-CONE-ee) (5 April 1899 – May 2, 1985) was an Italian-American musician, conductor, arranger, lecturer, and educator.Scholarship endowments at MSU and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp were established in his honor, as was the Leonard Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Festival.For most of their marriage and until Leonard's death, the Falcone family lived at 519 Charles St. in East Lansing, Michigan.[1] In 1935 Nicholas lost his hearing and for a year, Leonard commuted between East Lansing and Ann Arbor, serving as Director of Bands at both schools.Among Falcone's final visitors, besides his family, were Spartan Marching Band alumni and students who sang and played to him.[10] Each August, the festival competition welcomes masters of the instruments and new students alike to Twin Lake, Michigan.While still retaining some aspects of its military origins, the Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band lives on in the modern form established by Falcone, with most of its cherished traditions and values deriving from his 1927 to 1967 tenure.[14] His most enduring publication, however, has been the recordings which live on today in CD and mp3 formats in many places both with and without the permission of Michigan State University.Songs of Michigan State College, Recorded Publications Co, Camden New Jersey / RCA Victor, 1955 {Band and Men's Glee Club} ~MSC Fight Song (Lankey / Falcone) ~Spartan Toast (Coleman) ~Michigan State Spartans ~O Clap Your Hands ~The Gallant Seventh (Sousa) ~MSC March (Marsalis / Bibo) ~MSC Shadows (Traynor / Finn) ~Close Beside the Winding Cedar (Amici / Brown) Michigan State University Band, Volume 1, LPS-1232 Fidelity Sound Recordings, Redwood City California ~MSU Fight Song (Lankey / Falcone) ~Funiculi Funicula (Denza) ~Suite from Carmen (Bizet / Nicholas Falcone) ~Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa / Hershey Kay) ~All America March (Taylor) ~MSU Shadows (Traynor / Falcone) ~March Electric (Creatore / Falcone) ~Pines of the Appian Way (Respighi) ~La Traviata, Prelude to Act 1 (Verdi / Falcone) ~Gallito (Lope) Michigan State University Band, Volume 2, LPS-1245 Fidelity Sound Recordings, Redwood City California ~Army of the Nile (Alford) ~Pepita Greus (Chovi) ~Flag of Victory (Von Blon) ~The Black Horse Troop (Sousa) ~Noble Men (Filmore) ~The Gladiator (Sousa) ~Father of Victory (Ganne) ~The Dover Coach (Vinter) ~Puenteareas (Sautullo) ~Moto Perpetuo (Paganini / Nicholas Falcone) ~Inglesina (Dela Cese) MSU's Leonard Falcone, Published by Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band Alumni in 1967 to raise funds for the Falcone scholarship Michigan State University Concert Band at Birmingham Groves HS (Michigan) March 21, 1963, unpublished ~Marche Millitaire Frances, (Saint-Saëns) ~Carnival of Venice ~Overture to Italian in Algiers (Rossini) ~Corcoran Cadet March (Sousa) ~March: Nobel Men (Fillmore) ~Pepita Greus (Chovi) ~MSU Shadows and Fight Song together (Traynor / Lankey / Falcone) Michigan State University Concert Band at Midland HS (Michigan) April 22, 1960, unpublished ~Procession of the Nobles from Milada (Rimsky-Korsakov) ~Mannin Veen (Wood) ~Jabberwocky (Walters) Leonard Falcone and his Baritone, RE-7001 Golden Crest Records, Huntington Station, New York ~From the Shores of the Mighty Pacific (HL Clarke) ~Estrellita (M Ponce) ~Bourree 1 & 2 form Suite 3 for Cello (JS Bach) ~Beautiful Colorado (J DeLuca) ~Atlantic Zephyrs (G Simons) ~Piece en Forme de Habanera (JB Senaille) ~Morceau Symphonique (A Guilmant) Leonard Falcone Baritone Horn, RE 7036 Golden Crest Records, Huntington Station, New York ~My Regards (E Llewellyn) ~Una Furtiva Lacrima (G Donizetti / R Harvey) ~Sentimentale (J DeLuca) ~Concert Piece (PV De La Nux) ~Allegro de Concert (E Cools) ~Andante et Allegro (JE Barat) ~Adagio from Concerto for Cello (J Haydn / D Shuman) ~Napoli (H Bellstedt) Leonard Falcone Baritone Volume II, RE-7016 Golden Crest Records, Huntington Station, New York ~Concerto (G Magnan) ~Tarantella (WH Squire) ~Fantasia Original (Picchi-Mantia) ~Premier Solo de Concert (F Combelle) ~Platera (E Granados / L Falcone) ~Le Cygne (C Saint-Saëns) ~Blue Bells of Scotland (A Pryor) Michigan State University Presents Leonard Falcone, Baritone Horn Volume IV, MSU-8984 Crest Records, Huntington Station, New York ~From the Shores of the Mighty Pacific (HL Clarke) Penn intercollegiate band, J Dunlop dir.(1962) ~O Solo Mio (DiCapua) ~Serenade (Schubert / Falcone) Penn intercollegiate band, J Dunlop dir.(1958) ~Serenade (E Toselli) Birmingham Seaholm HS Spring Concert, April 1961, Arnold Berndt directing, Leonard Falcone soloist, unpublished ~From the Shores of the Mighty Pacific (HL Clarke) ~Serenade (Schubert / Falcone) ~Rehearsal of the Schubert Serenade (This recording is also in the collection of the Birmingham Historical Museum (MI))