Gluck

burned his score and published a letter which precipitated an unimaginably fierce war of pamphlets. Both men now set to composing “‘Iphigénie en Tauride’; here Gluck forestalled his rival by two years (1779), and Piccinni’s work on appearing was not a succ., while Gluck’s succeeded enormously. His last opera, ‘‘Eeho et Narci e,” was not succ. (Sept. 21, 1779); 1780, he retired to Vienna and lived on: his._ well-earned wealth, till apoplexy carried him off. He wrote a De pro fund is for chorus and orch., 6 overtures and an incomplete cantata, ‘‘Das Jiingste Gericht,’”’ finished by Salieri, and 7 odes for solo voice and pf. Biog. by A. Schmidt (1854); Marx (1863); Des no i rester res (1872); also studies of his operas by Berlioz and Newman. Fierson), (2) Alma (née Reba Bucharest, | Roumania, May 11, 1866—New York, Oct. 26, 1938; pupil of Buzzi-Peccia; début New Theatre, N. Y., 1909; the same year at the Met. Op.; of which mem. until 1912; sang widely in concert; m. Efrem Zimb a list, violinist.