Mario Nicolò

Italian musician, composer, and music publisher of the 1920s and 1930s. Nicolò played cornet and drums even though he had been born without a left forearm. Together with Ernesto Rossi, he founded and organized New York's Piedigrotta Rossi festival between 1924 and 1931. He also managed the music publisher CERIA (Case Editrici Riunite Italia-America) in Naples. As a composer, he wrote dozens of Neapolitan songs, including "L'ultimo Foxtrott" (1924) and "Giovinezza che canta" (1926, with his frequent collaborator Giuseppe Tetamo).