Amati, Basilio 31.jul.1817-a1888 Italy, Monsampietrangeli (now Monte San Pietrangeli) - Montefano
organist, choirmaster, grew up and lived in Montefano, studied with Luigi Vecchiotti and Pietro Amadei, 1849 organist/choirmaster in Montefano, 26.may.1857 he inaugurated the new Giacinto Colombati organ at Chiesa di Santa Maria in Piazza, 1863 he had to accompany Luigi Vecchiotti to Paris to act as choirmaster in the performance of Vecchiotti's grande messa funebre but the project failed because Vecchiotti died just days before, 1872 conductor of Societa Filarmonica di Montefano, 29.sep.1893 a portrait and plaque/tombstone memorial in honor of him was unveiled in Montefano