Francesco Paolo Tosti

Overview

Italian composer of songs and singing teacher, born in Ortona; in the 1870s a favourite of Roman society and singing master to Princess Margherita of Savoy; later settled in London, singing master to the royal family, knighted in 1908 (Wikipedia, "Francesco Paolo Tosti"). Kernberger (2013, glossary): "Tosti, Francesco Paolo: composer and singing teacher (1846-1916)".

Relevance to Marie

Among the Romans Marie passes «comme un ouragan» at the Apollo masked ball of 7 February 1877 is «Fosti le chanteur» (068.1005). The docx reading «Fosti» is taken as an OCR error for Tosti, as in Kernberger's translation ("Tosti the singer").

References in Diary

• 1877-02-08 (068.1005)