Leonard Vincent Falcone (Fal-CONE-ee) (5 April 1899 – May 2, 1985) was an Italian-American musician,
conductor,
arranger, lecturer, and educator. He was well known as a virtuoso on the
baritone horn, having extensively performed, written, and educated on the instrument. Falcone was best known as
Director of Bands
A Director of Bands is the head figure of a marching or concert form of bands, a person who leads a musical ensemble. The Director, by history and tradition, must know all the concepts of music and must be able to teach all different kinds of instr ...
at
Michigan State University from 1927 through 1967. During Falcone's tenure, the
Spartan Marching Band expanded from a small
ROTC auxiliary band to a large nationally known
Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
marching band
A marching band is a group of musical instrument, instrumental musicians who perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. Instrumentation typically includes brass instrument, brass, woodwind instrument, woodwind, and percus ...
. Scholarship endowments at MSU and
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp is a Michigan nonprofit organization located in the Manistee National Forest that provides summer fine arts camp and international exchange programs in music, art, dance, and drama.
The Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp was found ...
were established in his honor, as was the
Leonard Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Festival.
Early life and family
Born Leonardo Vincenzo Falcone in
Roseto Valfortore,
Italy
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on April 5, 1899.
[Michigan State University Archives - Leonard Falcone Collection https://www.msu.edu/unit/msuarhc/falcone1.htm] First playing
Alto Horn
The tenor horn (British English; alto horn in American English, Althorn in Germany; occasionally referred to as E horn) is a brass instrument in the saxhorn family and is usually pitched in E. It has a bore that is mostly conical, like the flu ...
and
Violin
The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...
, Falcone became active in the local town band in Italy. He studied multiple instruments and
conducting under Maestro Donatto Donatelli
[Leonard Falcone and His Baritone, Crest Records RE7001 (late 1950s) Copyright Michigan State University] in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
in his teens. At age 16 Falcone followed his brother
Nicholas, who had emigrated in 1912, to the United States. There he enrolled in the University School of Music in
Ann Arbor,
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
,
[Windsong Press Biographical information - Leonard Falcone https://www.windsongpress.com/brass%20players/tuba/falcone.htm ] which would eventually become the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
School of Music, where he met many of his lifelong professional and personal colleagues and friends. Nicholas followed professor Wilfred Wilson as
Director of Bands
A Director of Bands is the head figure of a marching or concert form of bands, a person who leads a musical ensemble. The Director, by history and tradition, must know all the concepts of music and must be able to teach all different kinds of instr ...
at the school in the 1920s. Nicholas first hired Leonard as a tailor's assistant since he had found work as a tailor and theater clarinet player. Nicholas later hired Leonard again to play trombone at the
Ypsilanti Michigan
silent movie theater when Nicholas began conducting the
pit orchestra. Leonard Falcone proudly became a citizen of his adopted country in 1924.
Two years later, he would graduate from college with a degree in
violin
The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...
.
[Dean of America's Bandmasters, Edward Deeb, MSU Alumni MAgazine Nov.1960]
Leonard married Betty Beryl Cromer (October 29, 1920 - December 5, 2015) of
Kalamazoo
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on December 19, 1948. Beryl, as she was known, met Leonard while playing in one of his summer bands at
MSU during her graduate studies. Leonard and Beryl had two children: Mary Beryl (August 6, 1950 – January 18, 2015) and Cecilia (b. May 25, 1952). They also raised their only grandchild Mary Lisa Fulton (b. September 3, 1968). For most of their marriage and until Leonard's death, the Falcone family lived at 519 Charles St. in
East Lansing, Michigan
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.
Michigan State University
In 1927 Falcone applied for and was awarded the post of director of bands at Michigan State College. At the time, MSC had roughly 2500 students
and the
military band
A military band is a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces. A typical military band consists mostly of wind and percussion instruments. The conductor of a band commonly bears the ti ...
(forerunner of the SMB) only 65. Because the Institute of Music and Arts, forerunner of the College of Music, was not formally created until the following year, he began as director of the military band, professor of wind instruments, and
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
.
As the programs grew along with the Falcone brothers' own reputations as bandmasters, both brothers also competed as prolific arrangers of
music for concert band.
In 1935 Nicholas lost his hearing and for a year, Leonard commuted between
East Lansing
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and
Ann Arbor, serving as Director of Bands at both schools. He was succeeded at U of M by
William Revelli
William D. Revelli (February 12, 1902 – July 16, 1994) was an American music educator and conductor best known for his association with the University of Michigan, where he directed the university's bands including the Michigan Marching Ba ...
in 1928.
He was the only person to do so at these schools (which are historic rivals) until the arrival of Kevin Sedatole, the current director of bands, who served as associate director of bands at Michigan previously.
Falcone enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps on September 23, 1942. He served eight months as a member of the Air Force Band at Maxwell Field, Alabama. He later organized the 388th Air Force Band at Stuttgart, Alabama. In Falcone's absence the MSC band was placed under the temporary directorship of Dale C. Harris. Falcone returned to campus for good on October 1, 1943.
During the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, Falcone expanded the role and performances of the
band
Band or BAND may refer to:
Places
*Bánd, a village in Hungary
*Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania
*Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...
and established himself as a leading teacher and performer on
baritone horn (and
euphonium
The euphonium is a medium-sized, 3 or 4-valve, often compensating, conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Ancient Greek word ''euphōnos'', meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" ( ''eu'' means "well" o ...
).
[Life and Work of Leonard Falcone, Myrna Delford Welch, University of Illinois Press, 1973] Performances by the band at the
White House
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, the New York
World's Fair
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, and televised performances at the
Rose Bowl parade in 1954, 1956, and 1965, along with the multiple recordings of both the
MSC bands and Falcone on
baritone, would bring his name and music at
Michigan State
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...
onto the national stage.
He was initiated as an honorary member of the Gamma Epsilon chapter of
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America (colloquially known as Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Phi Mu Alpha, or simply Sinfonia) () is an American collegiate social fraternity for men with a special interest in music. The fraternity is open to men "w ...
fraternity at Michigan State in 1940, an honorary member of the Zeta Epsilon chapter of
Kappa Kappa Psi
Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity (, colloquially referred to as KKPsi), is a fraternity for college and university band members in the United States. It was founded on November 27, 1919, on Thanksgiving Day, at Oklahoma Agricult ...
fraternity at Michigan State in 1972, and an honorary member of the Zeta Epsilon chapter of
Tau Beta Sigma
Tau Beta Sigma Honorary Band Sorority, (, colloquially referred to as TBSigma or TBS) is a co-educational service sorority.
The sorority, headquartered at the historic Stillwater Santa Fe Depot in Stillwater, Oklahoma, numbers over 3,800 active ...
in 1978.
Falcone retired in 1967 and Michigan State bestowed an
honorary doctorate
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hon ...
on him in 1978. He remained
Professor Emeritus
''Emeritus'' (; female: ''emerita'') is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, emperor, or other person who has been "permitted to retain as an honorary title ...
of
Baritone and
Euphonium
The euphonium is a medium-sized, 3 or 4-valve, often compensating, conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Ancient Greek word ''euphōnos'', meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" ( ''eu'' means "well" o ...
for the rest of his life. Falcone's career at MSU was pivotal in transforming a military auxiliary band of 65 into today's Spartan Marching Band, and building the MSU College of Music into a unit with hundreds of students and tens of thousands of alumni.
[Spartan Marching Band History ]
Artist and teacher
Leonard Falcone toured as a
solo artist
In music, a solo (from the Spanish and Italian based-word: ''Solo'', meaning ''alone'' or ''by yourself'') is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung featuring a single performer, who may be performing completely alone or supported by an ...
for decades as well as publishing several solo recordings.
Michigan State University owns the rights to these recordings and republishes them from time to time as baritone and euphonium students still seek them out. He was regarded by some as the 20th century master of the euphonium
as
Simone Mantia
Simone Mantia (6 February 1873 – 25 June 1951) was an American baritone horn/euphonium virtuoso and also trombone artist at the turn of the twentieth century. He was both a performer and administrator with many American band and orchestral ensem ...
had been regarded before him. Many of those recognized by the
Falcone Competition and other similar authorities as the current masters, either studied under, or under students of, Falcone.
[Falcone Festival website http://falconefestival.org] Brian Bowman, who acknowledged in an interview studying the recordings instead of studying with the man, was an oft-noted exception. Falcone's students include leading artists such as Roger Behrend,
Earle Louder
Earle L. Louder (July 30, 1932 – May 26, 2021) was a euphonium player, acclaimed by colleagues around the world as one of the finest virtuosos of all time on that instrument. He carried a Doctor of Music degree in Euphonium Performance.
Career
...
, and many others.
Falcone offered the facilities of Michigan State for summer youth music camps for many years and later assisted the Stansel family with making the
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp is a Michigan nonprofit organization located in the Manistee National Forest that provides summer fine arts camp and international exchange programs in music, art, dance, and drama.
The Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp was found ...
, a leading facility for the same.
[Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp - The Early Years, Fritz Stansel, RDR Books, Muskegon, Michigan, 2007 - P.215] In 1941, at the urging of friends and colleagues in southeast
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
who had formed the predecessor to today's Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association in 1934, Falcone hosted the
Band
Band or BAND may refer to:
Places
*Bánd, a village in Hungary
*Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania
*Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...
and
Orchestra
An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
Festival at MSC.
These festivals became an ongoing annual event and also include
marching band
A marching band is a group of musical instrument, instrumental musicians who perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. Instrumentation typically includes brass instrument, brass, woodwind instrument, woodwind, and percus ...
,
solo
Solo or SOLO may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Comics
* ''Solo'' (DC Comics), a DC comics series
* Solo, a 1996 mini-series from Dark Horse Comics
Characters
* Han Solo, a ''Star Wars'' character
* Jacen Solo, a Jedi in the non-canonical ''S ...
, and ensemble festivals where thousands of
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
schools and students compete at regional and then, if qualified, state levels where they are adjudicated by experts in the field each year.
Falcone wrote, lectured extensively, and presented many clinics on
band
Band or BAND may refer to:
Places
*Bánd, a village in Hungary
*Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania
*Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...
technique and playing.
[Allen House Museum, Birmingham Michigan - Music in the Birmingham Schools Collection] He published lists of
Euphonium repertoire
The euphonium repertoire consists of solo literature and parts in band or, less commonly, orchestral music written for the euphonium. Since its invention in 1843, the euphonium has always had an important role in ensembles, but solo literature w ...
and conducted master classes and clinics at music education venues such as the annual midwestern music conference. He enjoyed working with young people at Blue Lake and also often worked with high school groups as both soloist and clinician - rehearsing the groups with whom he would then play.
Falcone continued to teach well after his official retirement in 1967 and maintained an office on campus until his death in 1985. Only months earlier, he had still been coaching a young student on
Euphonium
The euphonium is a medium-sized, 3 or 4-valve, often compensating, conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Ancient Greek word ''euphōnos'', meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" ( ''eu'' means "well" o ...
, planning an Italian tour for an alumni
band
Band or BAND may refer to:
Places
*Bánd, a village in Hungary
*Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania
*Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...
, and working to arrange an oriental march for
concert band.
While the march arrangement was never finished, the alumni band did tour
Italy
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the following summer.
Death and legacy
Leonard Falcone passed away May 2, 1985 at the St. Lawrence Dimondale Center in
Dimondale, Michigan
Dimondale is a village in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,234 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Windsor Charter Township. Dimondale is a suburb of Lansing, which is northeast of the village in In ...
. Among Falcone's final visitors, besides his family, were Spartan Marching Band alumni and students who sang and played to him. Former
Spartan Marching Band director Kenneth G. Bloomquist visited Falcone the day before his death. Bloomquist recalled his final interaction with Falcone in ''Solid Brass:The Leonard Falcone Story'': "He was very, very quiet, very tired - he had no energy at all. When he would talk I had to get my ear an inch or two to his mouth to hear him, and he whispered, 'Ken, why is this happening to me?'"
Falcone's playing, as well as his devotion to teaching and advancing the instrument, led his students to create the
Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Festival, which seeks to give a stage to new talent and future artists on his instrument and
Tuba
The tuba (; ) is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th century, making it one of the ne ...
.
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.
The band was and is nationally recognized for excellence and has been seen by millions through its many performances on television and at major events, including performing for five sitting US Presidents.
[Wikipedia Page Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band]
Falcone left to the
concert band movement a wealth of arrangements of classical
orchestra
An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
l and
opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...
tic music that he adapted to the instrumentation and timbre of the
band
Band or BAND may refer to:
Places
*Bánd, a village in Hungary
*Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania
*Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...
as well as many military
marches
In medieval Europe, a march or mark was, in broad terms, any kind of borderland, as opposed to a national "heartland". More specifically, a march was a border between realms or a neutral buffer zone under joint control of two states in which diff ...
from cultures around the world adapted to modern western instrumentation.
Michigan State University's marching band continues to play its iconic version of the
MSU Fight Song
"Victory for MSU", formerly "MSU Fight Song", is the official fight song of Michigan State University, US. MSU's fight song was created in early 1915 (and copyrighted in 1919), when MSU was known as Michigan Agricultural College (M.A.C.). An MSU ch ...
, affectionately known to the band as "Falcone Fight". During his tenure at Michigan State University, the fight song was a very dynamic arrangement, ever subject to changes, as can be heard in the various recordings found throughout the University archives.
The Spartan Marching Band now recognizes a specific one of his many arrangements as "Falcone Fight". (However, it also plays another variation, "Pregame Fight" arranged by former SMB assistant director,
William Moffit, for pregame performance and as an in-game celebration.)
Falcone published many articles, solo literature repertoires, and even a beginning baritone method in two volumes co-authored with Birmingham Michigan teacher Arnold Berndt and published by
Belwin.
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.
His legacy to future musicians at
Michigan State University will continue, including the Leonard Falcone Scholarship, established by the alumni in 1967 and funded by many contributions as well as the proceeds from the legitimate sale of Falcone recordings.
Partial discography
All recordings cited are in the collection of the
MSU archives.
Songs of Michigan State College, Recorded Publications Co, Camden New Jersey / RCA Victor, 1955
~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. (1962)
~Ave Maria (Bach / Gounod / Falcone)
~Fantasie Original (Picchi-Mantia / Falcone) Royal Canadian Reg. Band, Capt. D Stannard dir. (1967)
~Flower Song from Carmen (Bizet / AA Harding) Pontiac HS Band, D Harris 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))
References
External links
Michigan State University Archives
Windsong Press
Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Competition
Michigan State University College of Music
Falcone Scholarship at MSU
Spartan Marching Band History
Biography about Leonard Falcone - Solid Brass
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