"Bertoldo's tricks "by Luigi Ferrari Trecate

[Roy Bland]

Luigi Ferrari Trecate (Alessandria, August 25, 1884 – Rome, April 17, 1964) was an Italian musician, composer, and organist.

As a young man, he studied at the Parma Conservatory and the Pesaro Music High School, under the guidance of A. Cicognani (organ) and Pietro Mascagni (composition). He graduated in composition in 1904.
Ferrari Trecate's commitment focused on concert performance, teaching, and composition.
He collaborated as a pianist with leading instrumentalists such as Remy Principe, Michelangelo Abbado, Arturo Bonucci, Alberto Poltronieri, Joseph Szigeti, as well as with the soprano Jolanda Mancini. He distinguished himself for the concerts he gave during testing sessions of valuable instruments, such as those at the Bologna Conservatory and the Milan Cathedral.
Among the numerous roles and positions held by Ferrari Trecate, we can mention the vice-presidency of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, the presidency of the Philharmonic Academy of Bologna (1955) and of the musical section of the Higher Council of Fine Arts.


Bertoldo, Bertoldino and Cacasenno is a collection of three very popular stories (The Very Subtle Tricks of Bertoldo, The Pleasant and Ridiculous Simplicities of Bertoldino and The Story of Cacasenno, Son of the Simple Bertoldino), the first two written by Giulio Cesare Croce and the last by Adriano Banchieri, first published in 1620. The stories draw on and rework ancient tales, in particular the medieval Dispute of Solomon with Marcolfo.