P. Bianculli

Italian-born American mandolin and violin player and occasional conductor (born November 16, 1878 in Marsico Vetere, Provincia di Potenza, Basilicata, Italy – died June 11, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) Bianculli accompanied baritone Carlos Francisco on a 1904 Victor recording. From 1909 to 1927, he worked as a studio musician for the Victor Talking Machine Co., playing in the Victor orchestra and accompanying singers like Enrico Caruso, Emilio De Gogorza, Frances Alda and many others on the mandolin and Olive Kline, Harry Lauder, and Laura Littlefield on the violin.