"[3] Creatore studied trombone and conducting with Nicola D'Arienzo and Camillo de Nardis at the Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella.

[4] In 1899, Creatore left Italy for the United States to join Ellery's Royal Italian Band as a trombonist.

In 1917, Creatore formed an opera company that continued for 5 years, playing popular selections from Rigoletto, Aida, Carmen, Barber of Seville, among several others.

[2] After a seven-year retirement, Creatore returned to the stage in 1947 to conduct a pop concert for the New York Symphonic Band on Randall Island.

He died in 1952, leaving behind Rosina, his wife, and children: Tommaso and Peter (from an earlier marriage), Ezio, Carlo, Luigi, and Alba.

[2] Creatore is one of the bandleaders mentioned by "Professor" Harold Hill in the song "Seventy-Six Trombones" in the play and film The Music Man.