Carlo Eduardo Acton was an Italian

Italy

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 composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 and concert pianist

Pianist

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. He is particularly remembered for his opera

Opera

Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

 Una cena in convitto and for his sacred music compositions of which his Tantum ergo is the most well known.

His father Francis Charles Acton (1796-1865) was the youngest son of General Joseph Acton, younger brother of Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet

Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet

Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Baronet was commander of the naval forces of Grand Duchy of Tuscany and prime minister of Naples under Ferdinand IV....

. His mother Esther was a daughter of the Irish painter Robert Fagan

Robert Fagan

Robert Fagan was an Irish painter, diplomat and archaeologist.-Career:The son of Cork immigrants, Fagan was born in London. As an archaeologist he traveled to Italy and was involved in the excavations near Laurentum, which resulted in the discovery of the Venus at the Capitoline. Fagan then...

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