PINSUTI

Ciro Ercole . b. Sinalunga, near Siena 9 May 1829; educ. in Rome, where he gave a concert when aged 11; Henry Drummond, M.P. brought him to London and placed him under the tuition of Cipriani Potter at Royal academy of music; pianist; studied at Bologna conservatoire 1845; returned to England 1848; profe or at Royal academy of music, London 1856–85; wrote 3 operas Il merccante de Venezia 1873, Mattia Corvino 1877, and Marg her it a; composer of There is a reaper 1844; Excelsior, a romance 1850; Te Deum 1860; The sea hath its pearls, part song 1865; After the rain, two part song 1867; Tell me not in mournful numbers 1869; Dreams only dreams, song 1873; I fear no foe, a song 1876; Tell me where is fancy bred, a part song 1884; author of Hints to teachers on singing 1880; his name is attached to upwards of 500 pieces of music. d. of cerebral apoplexy while playing the piano at Florence 10 March 1888. The Times 15 March 1888 p. 6.