Nicola Montani

Nicola A. Montani, KCSS (6 November 1880 in Utica – 11 January 1948 in Philadelphia[1]) was a conductor, composer, arranger, and publisher of sacred music. In 1915 Montani cofounded the St. Gregory Guild and the Society of St. Gregory. In 1920, he published the famous St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book, containing mainly his own editions and compositions, similar to Oreste Ravanello's work.

He was music director of Newark's Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart,[2] and professor of music at the Seminary of the Imaculate Conception.[3]

Later he lived in Philadelphia, working at Mater Misericordiae Academy (now the Merion Mercy Academy), the Melrose Academy (run by the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart), and the Academy of Mercy (now the Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School).[4]

Pope Pius XI made Montani a Knight Commander of St. Sylvester in 1926. In 1947, in recognition of his pioneering work in the field of sacred music, the Society of St. Gregory awarded him a gold plaque.[4]

Selected Compositions

Publication
  • "Essentials in Sight Singing" - a modern method of Selfeggio, Book I, Parts One and Two of the Complete Work Fundamentals. Published by the C.C. Birchard & Company in Boston. ©1931, printed October 1936. Foreword by J. Lewis Browne.

References
  1. Butterworth, Neil (2013-10-02). Dictionary of American Classical Composers. London: Routledge. p. 313. ISBN 978-1136790249.
  2. REGAN, BRIAN (2012). Gothic Pride: The Story of Building a Great Cathedral in Newark. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-5288-0. JSTOR j.ctt19zbz9x.
  3. "Seminary Fetes Prof. Murphy". The Advocate. 13 (19): 6. April 30, 1964.
  4. "Nicola A. Montani is Presented with Plaque". The Catholic Standard and Times. April 4, 1947.
  5. Concannon, George T. (1961). "The John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls' High School". Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. 72 (3/4): 106–124. ISSN 0002-7790. JSTOR 44210424.


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