Anselmo Berti
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Anselmo Berti was an American opera singer, educator, piano and classic music teacher. Born in 1783 in Menton and raised in a small community, Anselmo, played in the musical band of Menton prior to his becoming one of the first classic music singers and teachers in New York, at Curtis Institute of Music.
He was a pioneer of Italian classic music in New York [1] (according to the American music literature he was the 5th Italian music teacher to teach in North America, after Mrs Mazzanti in 1774)[2]. Anselmo Berti has highly contributed to disseminate Italian opera, culture and music in the United States.
Although born in Menton, at that time part of the Principality of Monaco, he considered himself “born in Italy” [3][4]: his house was a meeting point of Italian exiles in New York (Antonio Meucci, Giuseppe Avezzana, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Giuseppe Garibaldi) and a place where young representatives of wealthy bourgeois families of New York were introduced to Italian opera and bel canto. From 1821 Anselmo lived in Washington, and moved to New York in 1830.[5][6][7] In New York he was also noted as a classic music tenor at the French Church of Saint Esprit, with an annual salary of 150 dollars. [8] Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1824. [9][10].
In 1834, Anselmo Berti married Mary Dessac, a teacher, from Baltimore, Maryland, descending from English and French families. He participated fully in the cultural life of New York, gaining popularity and respect [11]. Anselmo died in dramatic circumstances in 1852, when at work at Curtis Institute of Music. [12][13][14]
References
- ↑ The New-York Book of Prices for Manufacturing Piano-fortes, Society of Journeymen Piano-forte Makers.
- ↑ In the world of Music, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.2050-411X.2000.tb00285.x.
- ↑ US Census, 1840.
- ↑ US Census, 1850.
- ↑ The Huegonot Church of New York, https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/H007266.pdf.
- ↑ Longworth's American Almanac, New York Register, and City Directory, T. Longworth & Son, 1822.
- ↑ United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990.
- ↑ The Huegonot Church of New York, https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/H007266.pdf.
- ↑ US Passport applications, 1795-1925.
- ↑ New York, Southern District Index to Petitions for Naturalization, 1824-1941, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGVH-PNT : 9 September 2021), Anseleno F Berti, 1824-1941.
- ↑ The Collection of American Silhouette Portraits Cut, August Edouart, 1913.
- ↑ Four Centuries of Italian-American History - Giovanni Ermenegildo Schiavo, 1952.
- ↑ FamilySearch, Free Family Trees and Genealogy Archiveshttps://familysearch.org.
- ↑ Death records, New York, 1795-1952.
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