Individual Details

Alfred William Barnett on RootsWeb says he was born 7 Jan 1859 in Holborn, London, England and that Until 11 years of age he lived in London at 45 Devonshire St Holborn, county of Middlesex, St George The Martyr and St Andrew Western in this area of the Famous "Bow Bells" - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2022780&id=I1296

He was a violinist in the Brisbane Musical Union. He played the violin at a concert where Kittie Salisbury's brother George Herbert was singing.

National Library of Australia
Benvenuti Collection
Members of the Benvenuti family were prominent musicians in Padua, Italy, for many generations. In 1871 Antonio Benvenuti (1820–1896) emigrated to Queensland where he taught violin, opened a music school, and with his three sons formed the Benvenuti Orchestra. Luigi Benvenuti (1859–1934) played the double bass and Italo Benvenuti (1861–1932) played the oboe in the Brisbane Orchestral Society, the Brisbane Musical Union and other groups. Their brother Victor Benvenuti (1864–1921) was a pianist, but was better known as a teacher and orchestral conductor. He composed a number of songs, including Australia’s Call to Arms and Duke and Duchess of York’s march (1901).
Leo Benvenuti (1900–1975), who was the son of Luigi, was a violinist and a member of various theatre orchestras and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. He was a well-known figure in Brisbane and was often asked to organise musical events at Government House. Together with other members of his family, he assembled a huge collection of orchestral and chamber music, band arrangements, piano music and songs that they hired out to theatre and cinema orchestras and the Brisbane Symphony Orchestra.

Acquisition
The Benvenuti Collection was donated to the Library in 1998–2000 by Gilda Benvenuti, the daughter of Leo Benvenuti.

Description
Printed Ephemera
The Benvenuti Collection contains 134 items, mostly concert programs, dance programs, dance cards, invitations and menus. They date from 1882 to 1966, but there are only a few items after 1940. Most of the events were held in Brisbane, at such venues as Government House, the Town Hall and the Brisbane Club, but Ipswich, Roma, Beaudesert, Charters Towers and Charleville are also represented. The principal organisations documented are Her Majesty’s Theatre, the Brisbane Musical Union, the Brisbane Orchestral Society and the Brisbane Symphony Orchestra.
Photographs
The collection includes three photographs of members of the Benvenuti family, including one of Antonio Benvenuti and his three sons.

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Birth	7 Jan 1859	Holborn, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Marriage	Abt 1882	Mary Frances BURKE
Marriage	6 Sep 1899	Queensland, Australia - Margaret Jane "Peggy" HINCH
Death	16 Nov 1934	"Venezia" 18 Princess Street, Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Burial	Aft 16 Nov 1934	Toowong cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Spouse	Margaret Jane "Peggy" HINCH (1873 - 1932)
Child	Leo Antonio BENVENUTI (1900 - 1975)

Spouse	Mary Frances BURKE ( - )
Child	Luigi BENVENUTI Jnr ( - )
Child	Vincenzo Humberto BENVENUTI (1888 - )
Child	Catherine Agnes BENVENUTI (1891 - )

Father	Antonio Giovanni BENVENUTI (1820 - 1896)
Mother	Catherine Mary BARNETT (1834 - )
Sibling	Italo Angelo BENVENUTI (1860 - )
Sibling	Victor Joseph BENVENUTI (1862 - )

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