Fernando Germani (5 April 1906 – 10 June 1998)[1] was an Italian organist of the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome during the reign of Pope Pius XII.
[2] At the age of eight, he started taking lessons in composition from Respighi, who headed Germani toward the organ.
[1] He published one major organ work, the Toccata, which has now established a position in the repertory.
An organ concerto was lost after Germani presented the manuscript to "an English gentleman" who never returned it.
During the 1960s, Germani visited Selby Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, and made three LP recordings: "He had the most formidable technique of his generation and will be forever remembered as the fount of enormous musical and technical inspiration.