Bos’si

(bés’-sé), (1) Pietro B., MorBosio beg no, 1834—1896; organist. (2) Marco Enrico, Salé, Brescia, Italy, April 25, 1861—Feb. 21, 1925, while returning from America; son and pupil of above, 1881-91, conductor and organist at Como Cath.; then till 1895, prof. of org. and harm. Naples; 1896, dir. and prof. Liceo Benedetto Marcello, Venice; 190212, dir. Bologna Liceo; after 1916, dir. Liceo of Santa Cecilia, Rome; member of the permanent govt. commi ion for musical art, Chevalier of the Italian Crown and of the Spanish order of Isabella la Catolica; composed 2 1-act operas, ‘‘Paquita”’ and “Jl Veggente’’; 4-act melodrama “T’? Angelo Della Notte’ (Como); symph. poem “‘I/ Cieco” (1897), with tenor solo, and chorus; ‘‘Westminster Abbey,” Inno di Gloria, for chorus and organ, Requiem Ma es, etc.; wrote important “‘Metodo di Studio per VOrgano moder no,” Tebaldini (Milan, 1893). (3) Renzo, b. Como, Italy, April 9, 1883; composer, pianist; son of (2); active as conductor in Italy, Germany, and Austria; later prof. of organ and comp. at Parma Cons.; and then of comp. at Milan Cons.; appeared widely with the Polo and Bolognese Quartets; c. orch., chamber and vocal works, also stage music, incl. “YVolpino,’ which won a national lyric prize and was given at the Carcano The at., Milan, 1924.