Sarti, Giuseppe (baptized 12–1–1729, Faenza; 7–28–1802, Berlin). Italian comp. Sarti came from a musical background, his father (who was a jeweler by trade) being a violinist. After studying with Valotti in Padua and with Padre Martini in Bologna, he served as organist of Faenza Cathedral and, in 1752, became director of the local theater, for which he wrote his first opera, Pompeo in Armenia. In 1753 Sarti became conductor of the opera troupe of the brothers Mingotti in Copenhagen, and his…