Stanislao Gastaldon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian composer
Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1861
Place of Birth: Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Date of Death: 06-Mar-1939
Profession: composer
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Stanislao Gastaldon
- Martino Stanislao Luigi Gastaldon (April 8, 1861 – March 6, 1939) was an Italian composer, primarily of salon songs for solo voice and piano.
- However, he also composed instrumental music, two choral works, and four operas.
- Today, he is remembered almost exclusively for his 1881 song "Musica proibita" ("Forbidden Music"), still one of the most popular pieces of music in Italy.
- Gastaldon also wrote the lyrics for some of his songs, including "Musica proibita", under the pseudonym Flick-Flock.
- He was born in Turin and after a peripatetic childhood studied music there and in Florence.
- By 1900, he had settled permanently in Florence, where he died at the age of 77.
- In his later years he also worked as a voice teacher, music critic, and art dealer.
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