Bertini, Domenico
Bertini, Domenico
Bertini, Domenico, Italian composer and pedagogue; b. Lucca, June 26, 1829; d. Florence, Sept. 7, 1890. He studied at the Lucca Music School, and later with Michele Puccini. In 1857 he was director of the music inst. and maestro di cappella at Massa Carrara. He settled in Florence (1862) as a singing teacher and music critic; became director of the Cherubini Soc. He contributed to musical periodicals, including Boccherini of Florence and La Scena of Venice; also wrote a Compendio de’ principi di musica, secondo un nuovo sistema (1866). He composed 2 operas, masses and other sacred pieces, and chamber music
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