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11833; La finta greca (farce), I due Forzati, ib., about 1834; Il quadro parlante, Teatro Nuovo, 1834; Il 20 Augusto, Teatro del Fondo, 1835; Bartolommeo del Piombo, Teatro Nuovo, 1837; Allan Mac Auley, ib., 1838; Il marinaro, ib., 1839; Maria d'Arles, ib., 1841; Il proscritto, Turin, 1841; Guglielmo Colman, Naples, 1843; Paolo e Virginia, Rome, Teatro Metastasio, 1843; Il travestimento, Naples, Teatro del Fondo, 1846; Piero di Calais, Messina, Teatro Vittorio Emmanuele, 1872; La verga magica; La metamorfose fortunata; Federico II.; L'orfana muta; Il muratore di Napoli; Werther; Eino; Margherita d'Aragona; Gustavo Wasa.—Fétis.
3ASPA, ROSARIO, born at Messina, Sicily, Jan. 12, 1827, still living, 1888. Dramatic composer, brother of Edwin Aspa. Works: The Artist's Stratagem, opera; Pianoforte pieces; Songs.
5ASPASIE, French opera in three acts, text by Morel, music by Grétry, represented at the Opéra, Paris, March 17, 1789, known now only by its celebrated duet, "Donne-lamoi, dans nos adieux." Opéra-comique in two acts, music by Saint-Amans, Paris, about 1790. Aspasie et Périclès, opera in one act, text by Viennet, music by Daussoigne-Mélhul, Opéra, Paris, July 17, 1820.
7ASPELMAYER (Appelmeyer), FRANZ, died in Vienna, July 29 (or Aug. 9), 1786. Dramatic composer, court musician to the emperor. Works: Die Kinder der Natur, opera, given in Vienna, 1770; Pygmalion, do., ib., about 1770; Der Sturm, do., ib., 1786; Agamemnon, ballet; La Lavandara di Citere, do.; I Mori spagnuoli, do.; 6 duets for violin and violoncello; 6 trios; 6 quartets for violin; 10 serenades for wind instruments.—Fétis.
9ASPERI, URSULA, born in Rome in 1807. Dramatic composer and pianist, pupil of Fioravanti; conducted the orchestra of a small theatre in Florence in 1839. Works: Le avventure di una giornata, opera, given in Rome, Teatro Valle, 1827; I pirati, do., ib., 1843.—Fétis.
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13ASSMAYER, IGNAZ, born at Salzburg, Austria, Feb. 11, 1790, died Aug. 31, 1862. Organist, pupil of Michael Haydn. In 1808 he was organist of St. Peter's, at Salzburg, where he composed an oratorio, Die Sündfluth, and a cantata, Worte der Weihe. In 1815 he settled in Vienna, and in 1824 was appointed organist at the Schottenstift, in 1825 imperial organist, in 1838 vice-, and in 1846 chief-Kapellmeister to the court. The Tonkünstler-Societat, which Assmayer conducted for fifteen years, often performed his chief oratorios, Das Gelübde, Saul und David, and Saul's Tod. He was author of fifteen masses, two requiems, a Te Deum, some hymns, motets, and other sacred music, and nearly sixty secular compositions, consisting of overtures, symphonies, pastorales; the latter have all been published.—Fétis; Mendel; Schilling; Pietznigg, Mittheilg. aus Wien (1834), iii. 1; Wurzbach.
15ASSOUICI, CHARLES COYPEAU D', born in Paris in 1604, died there in 1679. Lute player and dramatic composer. He led a vagabond life in France, England, and Italy, and died in want and misery. He composed, and wrote the words to, Les amours d'Apollon et de Daphné, comédie en musique, en vers (Paris, 1650).—Schilling.
17ASTARITA, GENNARO, born at Naples about 1749, died (?). Dramatic composer, especially of comic operas, which were very popular both in Italy and Germany. His style shows a great similarity to that of his contemporary, Anfossi. Works: La contessa di Bimbinpoli, given in Rome, 1772; I visionari, Venice, 1772; Le finezze d'amore, o la Forza non si fa, ma si prova, Naples, 1773; Il marito che non ha moglie, Il principe Spondriaco, Venice, 1774; La critica teatrale, Rome, 1775; Il mondo della Luna, Venice, 1775; La dama immaginaria, L'isola di Bingoli, Naples, 1777; Armida, Circe ed Ulysse, 1777; Nicoletto bella Vita, Naples, 1779; La contessina,
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