Albert Francis Mando (June 18, 1846 - October 10, 1912) was a musician in the United States. He was a composer, conductor, and educator. The ''

New York Age ''The New York Age'' was an American weekly newspaper established in 1887 in New York City. It was widely considered one of the most prominent African-American newspapers of its time.

'' profiled him in 1907. Mando was born June 18, 1846, in

Schaghticoke, New York Schaghticoke is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 7,445 at the 2020 census. It was named for the Schaghticoke, a Native American tribe formed in the seventeenth century from an amalgamation of remnant pe ...

, and lived there until he was nine years old when he moved with his family to Lansingburgh. He came to New York in 1868 where he studied violin under

John Thomas Douglass John Thomas Douglass (1847–1886) was an American composer, virtuoso violinist, Conducting, conductor and teacher. He is best known for composing ''#Virginia's Ball, Virginia's Ball'' (1868), which is generally regarded as the first opera writ ...

and various other musical disciplines under various teachers. Over the years, he authored several musical compositions and conducted concerts in several large cities. In 1883 he founded the Mando Mozart Conservatory of Music located in New York City, a classical music school for African Americans.

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