Cesi

(cha’-zé), Beni amino, Naples, Nov. 6, 1845—Jan. 19, 1907; pupil of Naples Cons. under Mercadante and Pappalardo, pf.-pupil of Thalberg; 1866, prof. Naples. Cons.; c. an opera, ‘‘Vittor Pisani” (not prod.), etc. (chas’-té), A., Arezzo, 1618—Venice, 1669; monk; conductor and tenor singer; first opera, ‘‘Orontea,’”’ succ. at Venice, 1649; wrote 10 other operas mainly succ.; all lost now except “La Dori” (Venice, 1563); his cantatas are better preserved; he wrote them for the stage. (sha-brin), (cha-bra’-nd), Francesco, b. Piedmont, 1723; violinist and comp.; 1751, toured Europe with succe . (shab-ri-a), Alexis Emm., Auvergne, Jan. 18, 1841—Paris, Sept. 13, 1894; studied law in Paris, then music; 1881, choirm., under Lamoureux; c. operettas, ‘‘Espana” for orch., etc. After his death in 1894 his unfinished opera, “Briséis,’ was given at the Opéra Paris, 1899; his opera ‘‘Gwendoline”’ (text by Catulle Mendés), at the Op. Com., to911. C. also opera ‘‘Le Roi malgré lui” (1887); scena, ‘La Sulamite’; choral, orch. works. Memoirs pub. by Séré and Serviéres.