Pinsuti

Pinsuti, CIRO, musical composer, was born at Sinalunga, near Siena, on 9th May 1829. He studied music at Bologna (1845), and was a special pupil of Rossini. From 1848 to 1885 he lived in England as teacher of singing, chiefly at London and Newcastle. From 1856 he taught singing at the Royal Academy of Music. As a composer he wrote charming music for songs (more than 300 in all). In celebration of the union of Tuscany with Italy in 1859 he composed a Te Deum, but was not successful as a writer of larger musical compositions. He died at Florence, 10th March 1888.