Verdi, Giuseppe (10 October 1813, Le Roncole; 27 January 1901, Milan), composer, was born into a humble family that ran a grocery store and tavern in his native city, where he became familiar with the rudiments of music on the church organ and a battered spinet that his father gave him. He continued his musical education in Busseto, where he lived with the Barezzi family while studying with Provesi and playing in the Philharmonic Orchestra of this city. More importantly, he came under…