Petrov

(pa’-tréf), O ip Afana jevich, Elisavetgrad, Nov. 15, 1807—St. Petersburg, Mar. 14, 1878; famous barytone-ba , mark able compa of nearly four octaves (B-g’’); discovered on the stage of a country fair by Lebedev; created “Su an in” in ‘“‘Life for the Czar”; Glinka wrote “Ruslan” for him, and he created réles in many of the chief Ru ian operas, singing up to four days before his death in his seventy-first year. (pa-troot’-ché), dei, Fo ombrone, June 18, 1466 —May 7, 1539, inv. of mus.-printing with movable types; in 1498 received from the Council of the Republic of Venice a 20 years’ monopoly of mus.-printing by his method; 151123 at Fo ombrone with a 15 years’ privilege for the Papal States; his method, which required 2 impre ions, one of the lines, one of the notes, was beautifully managed and specimens are valuable; he publ. many of the most important comps. of his time and of previous composers.