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Giuseppe "Joseph" Mastrocola, violinist, violist (born 19 December 1890 in Campobasso Province, Italy; died 9 October 1957 in Montreal, QC).
Mastrocola studied violin in Milan and emigrated to the USA at 16, staying in Rhode Island for seven months before settling ca 1908 in Montreal; there he played in theatre orchestras, in particular at the Capitol, where he also was assistant conductor. He was the viola 1922-38 in the Dubois String Quartet and a founder-member in 1930 of the Montreal Orchestra and of the SCSM (Montreal Symphony Orchestra) in 1934. He was associate principal viola of the MSO at the time of his death.
See also Roméo Mastrocola (his son).
