CIRO PINSUTI

Ciro Ercole Pinsuti, il cavaliere, (1829-1888) was born in Sinalunga, Siena, Italy, and studied music and piano under his father. His public debut was at age ten and at eleven he was made honorary member of the Accademia Filharmonica. He then studied piano, composition and violin in England for five years. Returning to Italy, he entered the Conservatorio at Bologna and was a private pupil of Rossini. He moved back to England in 1848 and became a teacher of singing. In 1856 he was appointed a professor at the Academy of Music in London. He became well known as a composer with three operas, but was especially recognized for composing over 230 songs, 35 duets, 14 trios and 45 part-songs which were great favorites with the singing societies of England. In 1878, King Humbert created him a knight of the Italian crown. He died in Florence.

All are mixed chorus; some contain divisi.

SET	TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
From “Afterglow”:	A Spring Song		George Spencer Cautley	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
From “Afterglow”:	An Autumn Song		George Spencer Cautley	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	El Dorado		Frederick E. Weatherly	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Poems of Longfellow:	Good Night, good night, beloved		Longfellow	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	In April time		Frederick Enoch	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	In this hour of softened splendor	SATBdiv	“Miss Horace Smith”	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Poems of Mary Mark-Lemon:	Kings and Queens		Mary Mark-Lemon	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Moonlight and music	SATBdiv	Helen Marion Burnside	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Poems of Longfellow:	Tell me not in mournful numbers		Longfellow	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Tell me where is fancy bred?		Shakespeare	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Tell me, Flora			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The parting kiss		M. Deigh	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The Rhine-raft song		Frederick Enoch	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Poems of Longfellow:	The sea hath its pearls		Longfellow (Heine)	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Poems of Mary Mark-Lemon:	The silent tide		Mary Mark-Lemon	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The Song to Pan		Frederick Enoch	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The two spirits		William Duthie	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	There is music by the river		Frances R. Havergal	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Think on me		John H. Reynolds	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
arr. William Alfred White	Welcome, pretty primrose			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	When hands meet		Edward Oxenford	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Poems of Mary Mark-Lemon:	Would you ask my heart the reason?		Mary Mark-Lemon	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing