The New American Cyclopaedia, Vol. 16

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Excerpt from The New American Cyclopaedia, Vol. 16: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, V-Zwirner, With a SupplementVacoaj, nicolo, an Italian composer, born at Tolentino in the Papal States in 1791, was a pupil of Paisiello at Naples, and from 1811 to 1820 wrote operas, cantatas, and ballets which had a moderate success. He then taught singing in Venice, Trieste, and Vienna, wrote Pietro {i grands, a comic Opera performed at Parma, Zadig ed Actartea, performed at Naples, and Giulictta 0 Romeo, performed at Milan, his best work. He afterward taught singing in Paris and London, but returned to taly in 1882, and in 1888 became first master of com position at the conservatory of Milan.Vaccaro. 1. Anna, an Italian born in Na les in 1598, died there in 1 was a pup' of Stanzioni, adopted the style of Michel Angelo da Cerav gio, and afterward of Guido, and at the den of Stanzioni was regarded as the ablest artist of the Neapolitan school. One of his best works is a Holy Fam ily in the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli at Naples. II. Fnsuonsco, an engraver and painter, born in Bologna in 1686, died in 1687 studied under Francesco Albano, and published a treatise on perspective illustrated with en gravings from is own designs. There is a set of 12 perspective views of rivers, fountains, &c., , bearing his name.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.