Beniamino Cesi

Also known as: Cesi

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Beniamino Cesi (6 November 1845 – 19 January 1907), Neapolitan pianist, composer and teacher, a pupil of Thalberg, professor of piano at the San Pietro a Majella conservatory in Naples from about 1865 and regarded as the founder of the Neapolitan piano school; he taught at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 1885–1891 (en.wikipedia «Beniamino Cesi»). The Mon Journal t.10 index spells him «Ceci (pianiste), 12, 123».

Relevance to Marie

  • 2 March 1877: Marie attends «un concert donné par les deux pianistes célèbres de Naples, Palumbo et Cesi» (069/1877-03-02).
  • 18 April 1877: at the Fabbricatore ball, «Cesi le plus grand musicien de Naples» is, with Baron Callotti and the old duc de Carmignano, her «vraie consolation» (070.0694).

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