Manuel Antonio Carreño: The visionary of good morals (+Christmas)

On June 17, 1812, Manuel Antonio Carreño was born in Caracas, who was a prominent Venezuelan musician, pedagogue and diplomat, creator of the renowned “Carreño Manual”.

Son of the musician Cayetano Carreño Rodríguez, capital teacher of the cathedral of Caracas, and María de Jesús Muñoz.

At home, he and his siblings received a solid cultural and musical education.

In 1853, he published in installments the “Manual of Urbanity and Good Manners for Use by Youth of Both Sexes”, popularly known as the “Carreño Manual”, a work that earned him great recognition and worldwide fame.

This written book contains the main norms, customs and rules of etiquette recognized by Venezuelan society at the time. It is popularly recognized as a basic guide to good manners.

Simón Rodríguez's nephew, teacher of the Liberator Simon Bolivar, showed an aptitude for pedagogy from a young age, so in 1841 he founded the Roscio School.

Visionary father

Manuel Carreño was the father of the world-renowned Venezuelan pianist, Teresa Carreño.

Early on, he recognized his daughter's talent and dedicated himself to training her in the musical arts, for whom he wrote 500 piano exercises, essential for learning the virtuoso artist.

As a diplomat, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1861) and Minister of Finance (1861-1862). After his resignation from the latter, due to the Federal War, he left the country, lived in New York and then in Paris, where he died on September 4, 1874.

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