CHARLES NOLCINI: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF AN ITALIAN AMERICAN IN THE AGE OF JACKSON By VINCENT A. LAPOMARDA

A review of the occupational interests of Charles Nolcini – as a teacher of languages (Italian and French), and music (as well as his connections with Boston Italian musicians) – reveals the Italian origins of the man. Such circumstantial evidence, which his later life further illustrates, shows the path which led from the musician’s birth in Moscow to his arrival in Boston and, subsequently, to the emergence of his career in Portland, Maine.