Sayao

(si-yi-nd), Bidu, Brazilian soprano; sang Met. Op., from 1936-7. (sbrél’-y4), Giovanni, Naples, 1840; tenor and famous teacher; pupil of De Roxas; début for harpsichord; founded b. near modern pf.-technic; devised many now familiar feats; the first to compose in free style without contrapuntal elaboration and ma ; in a competition with Handel he. proved himself equal as a harpsichordist, but confe ed himself hopele ly defeated as an organist; he was thereafter a good friend, almost an idolater, cro ing himself when he mentioned Handel; 1715-19 he was maestro at St. Peter’s, 1720 at London; 1720 court-cembalist Lisbon; his gambling left his family destitute; from 1710 he prod. operas, incl. the first setting of “Amleto” (1715). (3) Giuseppe, Naples, 1712—Vienna, 1777; grandson of (1); dram. composer. (4) Fran., c. a melodrama in MS. at Rome. (5) Fietro, c. opera ‘‘Clitarro,” with intermezzi by Ha e. Schachner (shikh’-nér), Rudolf Jos., Munich, 1816—Rei chen hall, 1896; pianist, teacher and composer. Schack (Cziak) (shak or chik), Ben- Turin, Dec. 24, 1870; violinist, composer, teacher; pupil of Turin Liceo and in London and Leipzig; taught edikt, Mirowitz, Bohemia,.1758— Munich, 1826; tenor and dram. composer. Naples, 1851; sang throughout Italy and toured America with Patti and others; became a very succe ful teacher in Paris, numbering the De Reszkés, Plangon, Nordic a, Sanders on, etc., among his pupils. Mem. French Académie; d. Paris, (?).