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Rossini, Gioacchino

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Celebrated Italian composer of operatic music, born at Pesaro; his operas were numerous, of a high order, and received with unbounded applause, beginning with "Tancred," followed by "Barber of Seville," "La Gazza Ladra," "Semiramis," "William Tell," &c.; he composed a "Stabat Mater," and a "Mass" which was given at his grave (1792-1868).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rossini, Gioacchino'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​r/rossini-gioacchino.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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