I have a score composed by him in 1901.(Parma/Italy)
Seems he was an Italian military musician leading several bands.
Does anyone know when he lived?
Can't find anything about him - sorry.
Wouldn't it be Bonferroni? (Though "Bonferroni" on Google only seems to turn up hits in mathematics.)
Hrm, apparently not...
Edit: Musicsack (http://musicsack.com/PersonFMTDetail.cfm?PersonPK=100292195) points to the following source as containing -something- about Pietro Bonferoni:
"Leydi, Roberto
Anesa, Marino
Dizionario della musica italian per banda
Biografie dei compositori e catalogo delle opere dal 1800 al 1945
Prefazione di Roberto Leydi
1993, 514 p."
Thanks.
My "investigations" also shows this:
(One Pietro Bonferoni was born 1831, another died in 1916..."our men"?).
On Sunday 26 Sep. 1897 Bonferroni (two r!, but definitely "our man") led his orchestra (2nd Grenadier Regiment, "the best military band in Italy" ) through the streets of Parma conducting his own composition "Un saluto a Parma gentile". To enormous applauds.
They were home from the war in North-Africa (Ethiopia).
He also had a concert in Parma on Verdi´s 82 birthday in 1895. Exclusively playing Verdi's music. ("the peak of Bonferroni's career"!)
And Pietro Bonferroni (2 r!) was "a vigilant fighter of 1866 and 1870".
Perhaps some Italian member of this site could throw some light on the topic!