Born in Molfetta (Italy) on June 21, 1931, Don Salvatore Pappagallo has undertaken the priestly life uniting it deeply to the musical one. Together with the ecclesial experience of assistant FUCI (Italian Catholic University Federation) in the post-conciliar years and that of director of the Schola Cantorum of the Pontifical Regional Seminary of Molfetta, he built his musical training with the masters Armando Renzi (composition), Nicola Samale (conducting), Michele Marvulli (piano), Marcel Couraud (perfecting choral conducting), Luigi Celeghin (organ). He has taught at the Conservatories "E.R. Duni" in Matera and "N. Piccinni" in Bari; he has been at the head of the Choir and Orchestra "J. Salepico", an institution born within the Association and Popular School "A. Dvorak" of which he was founder and president until his death. He has been Maestro di Cappella of the Cathedral Chapter of Molfetta.

Graduated in composition, conducting, piano and specialised in choral and organ conducting, he wanted to make up for the scarce musical and liturgical knowledge of the people, dedicating himself with passion and sacrifice to the young generations of his territory, building an associative and training experience so deep to constitute a generation of musicians that still today recognise him as their mentor and teacher. The fruits of his artistic genius are numerous and of various kinds, from oratorios to popular songs; but of particular interest are his two oratorios, the two great cantatas for choir and orchestra, as well as masses and motets. He was a man of high perspicacity, a concrete visionary, able to see things in depth and projected into the future; acute intellectual, he has always fought, driven by the insatiable need for knowledge without ever giving up the ancient.

Ten years after his death, which occurred on 17 June 2011, this label wanted to dedicate the recording of two of his great works, Pasqua (Easter) and The Beatitudes, transcribed for band by Maestro Silvestro Sabatelli, along with two other works, A mio Padre by Alfredo Fiorentini and Il Trombettista by Sabatelli himself. A tribute to the band tradition and the tradition of the funeral march that Don Salvatore was able to interpret with the depth of popular culture and Christian religiosity.