Farinel'li

(1) Carlo Broschi (brés’-ké), Naples, June 24, 1705—Bologna, July 15, 1782; famous male soprano; début 1722 at Rome; he sang with the utmost brilliancy and succe , being only once overcome by a rival (Bernacchi) from whom he immediately took le ons; he joined the opposition to Handel in London, and Handel went into bankruptcy and took to oratorio. He ama ed great wealth and became the chief adviser of Philip V. of Spain; biog. by Sacchi (Venice, 1784). (2) Giu., Este, 1769—Trieste, 1836; org.; c. 60 operas. Far’jeon, Harry, b. Hohokus, N. J., May 6, 1878; composer; of English parentage, znd taken to England in infancy; pupil of Landon Ronald, Storer, and 1895-1901, R. A. M.; prod. operetta ‘‘Floret i a,’”’ 1899; from 1903, prof. of theory at the R. A. M.; c. plano concerto, orch. suite ‘‘ Hans Andersen”; symph. poems, ‘‘Mowgli,” and “‘Summer Vision’; chamber music, songs, etc. Farkas (far’-kish), Edmund (Hung., Odén), Puszta-Monostor (Heves), Hungary, 1852—Klausenburg, Sept. I, 1912; important figure in national Hungarian music; of noble family, intended to be a civil engineer; but studied 3 years at the R. Mus. Acad., Pesth; next year became dir. at the Cons. at Klausenburg, Transylvania; was for a time op. cond. and wrote mus. articles; 1876, while still studying engineering, he prod. a t-act. opera ‘‘Bayadér’’ (Pesth); won the Haynald prize of 300 florins with a ma ; c. also mixed choruses, and the orch. works ‘‘Dawn’” (Virradat), “Evensong” (Estidal), ‘‘Twilight” (Alkony), and ‘‘Dies ire’; a pop. symphony and 5 string-quartets; a prize ‘‘Fest ouvert ire”’; and the operas “Fairy fountain’ (Ttinderhorrds), t-act (Klausenburg, 1892); ‘‘The Penitent” (Veseklék) (Pesth, 1893); “‘Bala a Balint,” comic (Pesth, 1896); and ‘‘The Blood-ordeal” (Tetemre Hivds) (not prod.).