ARRIGO See also:

• ARRIGO BOITO (1842– )

BOITO (1842– )  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian poet and musical composer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua on the 24th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1842 . He studied See also:

• MUSIC

music at the See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan See also:

• CONSERVATOIRE (the Fr. equivalent of Ital. Conservatorio, Ger. Conservatorium, from Med. Lat. conservatorium, a place where anything is preserved, Lat. conservare, to preserve)

Conservatoire, but evenin those See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early days he devoted as much of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to literature as to music, forecasting the divided See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance which was to be the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief characteristic of his See also:

• LIFE

life's See also:

• HISTORY

history . While at the Conservatoire he wrote and composed, in collaboration with Franco Faccio, a See also:

• CANTATA (Italian for a song or story set to music)

cantata, Le Sorelle d'Italia, which was performed with success . On completing his studies See also:

• BOITO, ARRIGO (1842– )

Boito travelled for some years, and after his return to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy settled down in Milan, dividing his time between journalism and music . In 1866 he fought under See also:

• GARIBALDI, GIUSEPPE (1807-1882)

Garibaldi, and in 1868 conducted the first performance of his See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera Mefistofele at the Scala See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, Milan . The See also:

• WORK

work failed completely, and was withdrawn after a second performance . It was revived in 1875 at See also:

• BOLOGNA
• BOLOGNA, GIOVANNI DA (1524–1608)

Bologna in a much altered and abbreviated See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, when its success was beyond question . It was performed in See also:

• LONDON

London in 188o with success, but in spite of frequent revivals has never succeeded in firmly establishing itself in popular favour . Boito treated the See also:

• FAUST, or FAUSTUS

Faust See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend in a spirit far more nearly akin to the conception of See also:

• GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe than is found in See also:

• GOUNOD, CHARLES FRANCOIS (1818--1893)

Gounod's Faust, but, in spite of many isolated beauties, his opera lacks cohesion and dramatic See also:

• INTEREST

interest . His energies were afterwards chiefly devoted to the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of libretti, of which the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal are Otello and Falstaff, set to music by See also:

• VERDI, GIUSEPPE FORTUNINO FRANCESCO (1813-1901)

Verdi; La Gioconda, set by See also:

• PONCHIELLI, AMILCARE (1834-1886)

Ponchielli; Amleto, set by Faccio; and Ero e See also:

• LEANDRE, CHARLES LUCIEN (1862- )

Leandre, set by See also:

• BOTTESINI, GIOVANNI (1823–1889)

Bottesini and Mancinelli . These See also:

• WORKS

works display a rare knowledge of the requirements of dramatic See also:

• POETRY

poetry, together with uncommon See also:

• LITERARY

literary value . Boito also published a See also:

• BOOK

book of poems and a novel, L'Alfier See also:

• MENA, JUAN DE (1411–1456)
• MENA, PEDRO DE (d. 1693)

Mena The degree of See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of music was conferred upon him in 1893 by the university of See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge .