Ciro Pinsuti
Anglo-Italian composer
Died when: 58 years 306 days (706 months)Star Sign: Taurus
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Ciro Pinsuti (9 May 1829 – 10 March 1888) was an Anglo-Italian composer.Educated in music for a career as a pianist, he studied composition under Rossini.
From 1848 he made his home in England, where he became a teacher of singing, and in 1856 he was made a professor at the Academy of Music in London.
Pinsuti composed numerous songs and part-songs which achieved popularity in the Victorian era.He also composed three operas, which were produced in Italy, but which are rarely performed today.
He is most remembered for his popular parlour songs such as "I Fear no Foe" and the "Bedouin love song".
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