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Venerando Pulizzi (ca. 1792 - October 8, 1852) was an Italian-American musician and leader and member of the United States Marine Band. ==Early life and enlistment== In February 1805, at age 12, Pulizzi was enlisted in Catania, Sicily, Italy along with his father, Felice Pulizzi, his uncle Francesco Pulizzi, his little brother, ten-year-old Gaetano and other 14 Italian musicians, by the American Navy to form a "Band of Music" for the Marine Corps. It had been President Thomas Jefferson who in 1803 suggested to then-Commandant of the Marine Corps William Ward Burrows that Italian musicians be enlisted in the Marine Corps and added to the current Marine Band. Commandant Burrows sent Captain John Hall to southern Italy where American ships were stationed during the war with Tripoli.〔(United States Marine Band )〕 Captain Hall contacted a local band leader in Catania, Gaetano Carusi, who recruited the musicians. Venerando and Gaetano Pulizzi were not the only boys in the Band as the musicians who were married brought their wives and children with them. The group of musicians also included Carusi's three sons Samuele (10 years old), Ignazio (9), and Gaetano (8), Ignazio Di Mauro (27), Domenico Guarnaccia (28), Salvatore Lauria (26), Pasquale Lauria (28), Giuseppe Papa (21), Antonio Paterno' (41), Giacomo Sardo (24), Michele Sardo (28), Gaetano Sardo (10), and Corrado Signorello (28). The Band was supplied with instruments at Corps' expense in Messina and then assigned to active duty on board the warship USS ''President''. After an adventurous journey, which saw them also participate in gunfire off the coast of Tripoli, the group sailed safely to the United States. They arrived in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 19, 1805 and after a brief period of transition, the Band was dismantled and its members were assimilated into the United States Marine Band and became an integral part of the organization. On July 31, 1806 Commandant Wharton ordered that the "Italian Band" live in "quarters within the garrison" and be "under the same regulations as the old band is and has been." 〔(A History of the United States Marine Band, by Col. John R. Bourgeois ). Retrieved on Oct 24, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Venerando Pulizzi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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