Marchetti

(mar-ket'-ti), Filippo, compr. b. Bolognola, Feb. 26, 1831; d. Rome, Jan. 18, 1902. Student of music from 12th year; pupil of Conti at Naples 1850-54; 1st and 2d operas, 1856, both succe ful; after period of ill succe , moved to Milan 1862, where his Romeo e GivMetta was succe ful 1865, although Gounod's was given at same time; Ruy Bias best work 1869, followed by unsucce ful works; after 1880 teaching; principal Reale Accad di Santa Cecilia in Rome 1881, dir. Liceo there 1885. Marchettus of Padua, theorist, living in Cesena about 1270; d. about 1320. In service of Rainier, Prince of Monaco, living at Cesena and Verona; wrote 2 treatises, important in history of notation; his system of amplifying current methods was so complex that it was abused as foolish by contemporaries.