Improvisators

Accolti ( Bernardo ), of Arezzo, called the Unico Areti´no (1465-1535). Aquilano ( Serafino ), born at Aquila (1466-1500). Band ettin i ( Teresa ), (1756-*). Marone, Quercio, and Silvio Ant on i a no (eighteenth century). Beronicius ( P. J. ), who could convert extempore into Latin or Greek verse a Dutch newspaper or anything else which he heard (died 1676). Corilla ( Maria Magdalen a ), of Pistoia. Mde. de Staël has borrowed her Corinne from this improvisatrix. Crowned at Rome in 1766 (1740-1800). Gianni ( Francis ), an Italian, made imperial poet by Napoleon, whose victories he celebrated in verse (1759-1823). Jehan ( Núr ), of Bengal, during the sultanship of Jehánger. She was the inventor of the otto of roses (died 1645). Karsch ( Anne Louisa ), of Germany. Mazzei ( Signora ), the most talented of all improvisators. Metastasio ( Pietro B. ), of A isi, who developed, at the age of ten, a wonderful talent for extemporizing in verse (1698-1782). Perfetti ( Bernard i no ), of Sienna, who received a laurel crown in the capitol, an honor conferred only on Petrarch and Ta o (1681-1747). Petrarch ( Francesco ), who introduced the amusement of improvisation (1304-1374). Ro i , beheaded at Naples in 1799. Serafino d’Aquila . (See above, “Aquilano.”) Serio , beheaded at Naples in 1799. Sgricci ( Tommaso ), of Tuscany (1788-1832). His Death of Charles I. , Death of Mary Queen of Scots , and Fall of Mis so long hi are very celebrated. Taddei ( Rosa ), (1801-   ). Zucco ( Marc Antonio ), of Verona (*-1764). To these add Cicconi, Bindocci, Sestini, the brothers Clercq of Holland, Wolfe of Altŏna, Langenschwarz of Germany, Eugène de Pradel of France, and Thomas Hood (1798-1845).