Thomas Pinto
Thomas Pinto (1728–1783) was a British violinist, who led notable London orchestras of the day.
Life
Pinto's father, Guglielmo Pinto, left a high-ranking position in Naples for political reasons, and settled in England; he married, and he and his wife Mary had three sons, of whom Thomas was baptised in London on 2 February 1728.[1]
As a child Thomas Pinto played the violin well, and aged 11 he could play the concertos of
In 1769 he became joint owner, with a Mr Troughton, of Marylebone Gardens, and he led the orchestra there. Because of a wet summer, the business venture failed, and Pinto moved to Scotland; in 1773 he moved to Dublin where he led the orchestra of the Smock Alley Theatre. He died in Edinburgh in 1783.[1]
Family
In 1745 he married Sybilla Gronemann, a German singer; they had several children including Julia, the mother of the composer and pianist George Pinto. After his first wife's death Pinto married in 1766 the singer Charlotte Brent, and they had seven children. She had been a pupil and mistress of the composer Thomas Arne, and was a performer at Vauxhall Gardens.[1][5]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22307. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Legge, Robin Humphrey (1896). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 45. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 322–323.
- ^ Pinto (Thomas) A Dictionary of Musicians (1825).
- ^ Pinto, Thomas An Encyclopedia of the Violin by Alberto Bachmann, Courier Corporation 2013 (first published 1925).
- ^ Solo singers who performed at Vauxhall Gardens 1745-1859 Vauxhall Gardens 1661-1859, accessed 19 March 2017.
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