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Chris Holzman wrote:I haven't been able to find out really anything about Torricelli or Drosi.
Together with Italo Santelli other Italian masters were invited in Hungary: Angelo Torricelli, Frederico Giroldini, Eduardo Armentano and many others.
At the moment I'm aware of two famous Hungarian pupils of Torricelli:
- fencing master Dr. László Gerentsér (1873 - 1942), jurist
- Olympic champion Dr. Dezső Földes (1880 - 1950), physician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dezs%C5%91_F%C3%B6ldesIn 1899 the Szeged Fencing Association invited Torricelli to teach in Szeged (now the third largest city of the country, is situated near the southern border of Hungary). The association's statute was approved on October 31, 1899, so he arrived somewhere in the last months of 1899. Later Eduardo Armentano taught in Szeged, probably till 1914. Starting from 1901 an annual "international" fencing competition was held in the city. In February 1902 at this two-day event the best Hungarian foil and sabre fencers - László Berti, Ervin Mészáros, László Porteleky - participated. At the closing academia (non-competitive display of fencing skills) the most spectacular assault was between First Lieutenant Berti and Angelo Torricelli (Szegedi Napló, 1902. február 18.).
Some
additional information on Torricelli:
Fencing master Gerentsér wrote in 1941 that he was the student of famous Torricelli between 1897 and 1898 in his hometown, Szeged. So from this we can be sure that in 1897 Torricelli was already in this Hungarian city. Gerentsér sang the praises of Torricelli's teaching abilities and flatly stated that Torricelli was the best pedagogue he ever met.