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Carlo Curti | |
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| Born | May 6, 1859 Gallicchio, Italy |
| Died | May 8, 1922 (aged 63)[1][2] Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Mandolinist, violinist, xylophonist, music educator |
Carlo Curti (6 May 1859 – 8 May 1922), also known as Carlos Curti, was an Italian musician, composer and bandleader. He moved to the United States whose most lasting contribution to American society was popularizing the mandolin in American music by starting a national "grass-roots mandolin orchestra craze" (that lasted from 1880 until the 1920s).[3][4][5][6][7]
He also contributed to Mexican society in 1884 by creating one of Mexico's oldest orchestras, the Mexican Typical Orchestra. The orchestra under his leadership represented Mexico at the New Orleans Cotton Exhibition.[8] As with his Spanish Students, Curti dressed his Mexican band in costumes, choosing the charro cowboy outfit.[8][9] The patriotic value of having Mexico represented on the international stage gave a boost to mariachi bands (which had normally been repressed by social elites); the mariachis began using charro outfits as Curti's orchestra had done, expressing pride in being Mexican.[9][10] Curti's Orquestra Típica Mexicana has been called the "predecessor of the Mariachi bands."[11]
He was an orchestra leader, composer, educator at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música (Mexican National Conservatory of Music), xylophonist, violinist, mandolinist and author of a mandolin method. He directed the orchestra at the New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel in his later career.[12]
Also known as a composer of zarzuelas and dance music, among his most noted tunes are "La Tipica" and "Flower of Mexico".[13] His brother was harpist Giovanni (Juan or John) Curti, who also was a member of his orchestra.[5][6]
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Cárlos Curti BIRTH 6 May 1859 Gallicchio, Provincia di Potenza, Basilicata, Italy DEATH 8 May 1922 (aged 63) Mexico City, Cuauhtémoc Borough, Ciudad de México, Mexico BURIAL Panteón Civil de Doloresm Miguel Hidalgo, Miguel Hidalgo Borough, Ciudad de México, Mexico PLOT Zone "C" of which there are two zones...According to an article published by "El Excelsior" on May 9, 1922, front page, he died by suicide at 123 Calle de Doctor Liceraga, in Mexico City.
- ^ "Carlos Curtis Vital • Mexico, Distrito Federal, Civil Registration, 1832-2005". Family Search.
México, Distrito Federal, Registro Civil, 1832-2005, 10 May 1922
- ^ Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 26–27. ISBN 978-0-19-517337-6.
- ^ "Carlo Curti discovered in New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
- ^ a b "Charles Curti discovered in 1880 U.S. Federal Census". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
- ^ a b "Carlos Curti discovered in 1910 U.S. Federal Census". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
- ^ Shepherd, John; Horn, David; Laing, Dave; et al., eds. (2003). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Part 1 Performance and Production, Volume 2. A&C Black. p. 444. ISBN 9781847144720.
- ^ a b Chavez, Humberto Dominguez. "Programa de Cómputo para la Enseñanza: Cultura y Vida Cotidiana: 1900-1920, Historia de México II Primera Unidad: Crisis del Porfiriato y México Revolucionario 1900-1920, La música y el teatro popular de 1900 a 1920". Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
- ^ a b "Mariachi y su Historia". mariachi-sanandres.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
Rural festivities called "fandangos" or "Mariaches" extended for two or three days of celebration with alcoholic beverages as tequila, elements such as music and were highly despised by the upper classes. Even in 1901 the state government of Michoacan tried to ban the mariachi...Carlos Curti...had the idea to dress as cowboys musicians ...the mariachi costume concept begins to take shape.
- ^ "El Traje de Charro". mariachisinlosangeles.com. October 22, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
Charro attire was taken very seriously by the association because it was to commemorate the strength and patriotism of their country...One thing is certain… that traje de charro is not to be taken lightly. Its symbolism is justified by the years of conflict and honorable prestige that the country of Mexico has gained....
- ^ Castillo, Manuel M. (2014). "Italian and Spanish works of Mexican composers: Maria Grever, Ignacio Fernandez Esperon "Tata Nacho," and Agustin Lara". The University of Kentucky UKnowledge, Thesis and Dissertations, Music. The University of Kentucky: 20. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
The Orquesta Típica is the predecessor of the Mariachi bands and is the same orchestra that Tata Nacho conducted from 1960-1968.
- ^ A Novel Idea. Musical Courier, vol. 57. 1908. p. 63. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ "Carlos Curti (1859-1926)". mandoisland.de. Retrieved August 4, 2018.