orchestra was in London, at the Imperial Institute, for a long and very successful season of nearly four months. In Milan he introduced several first performances in Italy of now-famous orchestral works. He also conducted opera in Milan, Venice and Genoa. ·While in Genoa, he was given the opportunity to play Paganini's violin, Il Cannone Guarnerius. He played Gounod's Ave Maria and Liszt's Campanella. Hammerstein's Opera Company In 1907, he appeared in New York City as one of the opera conductors of Hammerstein's Opera Company. He also conducted the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra for a short time. With the same organization he appeared in Reading, Trenton, Wilmington, Washington and Baltimore for performances of Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony." He also conducted in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Owing to the serious illness of his wife, Persis Bell, an American lady and once a violinist of note, Campanari removed to California, but after her recovery, he resumed his work as a virtuoso and a conductor. Campanari and Verdi Leandro Campanari's acquaintance with Verdi extended over a period of many years. As a youth he played in an orchestra conducted by the composer, and Verdi's last work was first given under the direction of Campanari. The conductor's brother, Umberto Campanari, a lawyer, was one of the executors of the estate of Verdi. Leandro wrote an intimate piece about his relationship with the master for The Etude (1910). Pedagogy Campanari moved to San Francisco in 1907, where he became director of the California Conservatory of Music. He taught both violin and voice. Works Campanari composed many English songs and three text-books for violin playing. Campanari died in San Francisco in 1939. He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California. Notes References Italian violinists Male violinists New England Conservatory faculty 1859 births 1939 deaths Burials at Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California) Musicians from Veneto People from Rovigo