Pasquale Troise

Pasquale Troise (1895 – 21 March 1957) was a popular bandleader, arranger and composer, active in England from the 1920s until his death in 1957.

[4] The classic instrumentation was piano, bass, drums, accordion and eight different sizes of banjo.

Troise secured a recording contract with Decca,[5] and toured the country with his band.

[6] In September 1940 the band (initially as the Mandoliers) made its first appearance on the long-running BBC radio series Music While You Work.

[9] He died at his home in Bromwich Avenue, Highgate, aged 62, survived by his wife Louisa.