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I Funerali di Giuseppe Verdi (1901)

I Funerali di Giuseppe Verdi (1901)

Documentary
Release Date: 1901, September 30
Directors: Italo Pacchioni
Countries: Italy
Production: Italo Pacchioni

Overview:

On 28 January 1901 the great musician Giuseppe Verdi died from the consequences of a stroke that had struck him six days earlier. These very rare images, captured in Milan on 27 February 1901 by the operator and pioneer of Milanese cinema Italo Pacchioni, document the transfer of the Maestro's body from the Monumental Cemetery of Milan to the famous retirement home for musicians which he himself founded.

Keywords:

funeral historical documentary