Friday, May 9, 2025

May 9 - Ciro Pinsuti (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for May 9th may be found here: Giovanni Paisiello (2019), Anne Sophie von Otter; Billy Joel (2020), Giovanni Paisiello (2021), Giovanni Paisiello (2022), and Giovanni Paisiello (2023)

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Ciro Pinsuti (9 May 1829 – 10 March 1888) was an Anglo-Italian composer who composed numerous songs and part-songs which achieved popularity in the Victorian era.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Room Entertainments


Ciro Pinsuti wrote his songs

   For dreary English evening pleasure.

But no one now looks back and longs

   For stultified Victorian leisure.

 

 

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