He was born in Castelvetrano (in the province of Trapani) from Giuseppa Margiotta, a housewife and Francesco Caravaglios, a violin and trumpet teacher and bandmaster.
[1] As a young boy he made concerts, accompanied by his father, in various towns in Sicily: when he was fourteen he was orphaned and admitted to the Royal College of music in Palermo, where he studied and got the diploma in violin and composition when 18 years old.
[1] While he was conducting one of Wagner’s pieces during the rehearsal for an exhibition, he received the congratulations by the author himself who was in Palermo at that time and visiting the Conservatory.
Thanks to the fame he acquired with so many contests won as conductor, in 1896 he was appointed as the master of the municipal band of Naples, where he conducted the orchestra of teatro San Carlo during the intermezzos of operas being performed.
Moreover, Caravaglios taught instrumentation at the Conservatory San Pietro a Maiella[5] in Naples and at the Music School of Real Albergo dei Poveri.
[2] Among his estimators there were the greatest masters of classical and lyrical music: Libero Bovio, Pietro Mascagni, Malipiero, Wagner, Richard Georg Strauss and other famous personalities like Antonio Cardarelli and Matilde Serao); E.A.
Danza degli zoppi: americanata di Raffaele Caravaglios; Bologna: C. Venturi 1880-1900 Minuetto per pianoforte di Raffaele Caravaglios; Bologna: C. Venturi 1882 Sinfonia, for orchestra 1882 Intermezzo, andantino, for 15 instruments 1889 Studio e lavoro, a symphony for Band 1890 Fantasia eroica, for Band 1890 Disillusione, original fantasy in score for band by R.Caravaglios; Palermo: Luigi Sandron Disillusione: original fantasy by Raffaele Caravaglios; instrumentation by Stefano Gatta; La Loggia: Scomegna, 2013 1892 Quartetto, for flutes 1892 Un matrimonio a mezzanotte, opera (Libretto of G.E.
Instrumentation by Raffaele Caravaglios; Milano: G. Ricordi e C. 1918 Canto la primavera, romanza (verse by P. Elia) 1918 Canto di nostalgia, romanza (verse by P. Elia) 1920 Avanti, avanti Italia, for Band 1920 Brevi cenni storici sull'origine della tromba di Buonomo Carmine, with an introduction of the famous Master Caravaglios Raffaele Grumo Nevano: tip.
1929 Scene abruzzesi: Seconda suite per orchestra di De Nardis Camillo, transcription for big band by Raffaele Caravaglios.
1929 Scene abruzzesi: Seconda suite per orchestra di De Nardis Camillo, transcription for big band by Raffaele Caravaglios .
1929 Tosca: Sunto dell'opera, Parte I di G.Puccini, transcription for big band by Raffaele Caravaglios (score); Milano, G.Ricordi e C. Edit.
1929 Suite in quattro tempi: III Idillio di Victor De Sabata; instrumentation for band by Raffaele Caravaglios Milano: G. Ricordi e C. Edit.
1929 Suite in quattro tempi: Opera 2 di Victor De Sabata, II tempo,Risveglio mattutino ; instrumentation for big band by Raffaele Caraviglios; Milano: G. Ricordi e C. Edit.
1930 Tosca: Sunto dell'opera, Parte II di G.Puccini, transcription for big band by Raffaele Caravaglios (score);Milano, G.Ricordi e C. Edit.
Grido di Vittoria; marcia militare 1938 Perduta, marcia funebre di Caravaglios; Molfetta: Vincenzo Avellis, 1938 1940 Ave Maria: Per canto, violino, violoncello e pianoforte di Raffaele Caravaglios; Cosenza: A. Muti, 1940 1940 Marcia Funebre | Raffaele Caravaglios; Molfetta, Vincenzo Avellis 1941 Epopea Italica, per Banda (su testo d’Emilio Avitabile) canto in onore delle gesta dell’Impero durante la campagna d’Africa.
Margherita regina d'Italia; Caravaglios, Raffaele; Merlo, Vincenzo: Coro, nella cantata in omaggio di S.M.