See also:

• FARINELLI (1705–1782)

FARINELLI (1705–1782)  , whose real name was CARLO BROSCHI, one of the most extraordinary singers that ever lived, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 24th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1705, at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples . He was the See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew of Cristiano See also:

• FARINELLI (1705–1782)

Farinelli, the composer and violinist, whose name he took . Having been prepared for the career of a See also:

• SOPRANO (a variant of Ital. sovrano, supreme, sovereign, Late Lat. superanus, from super, above)

soprano, he soon acquired, under the instruction of N . A . See also:

• PORPORA, NICCOLA [or NICCOLb] ANTONIO (1686—1767)

Porpora, a See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice of marvellous beauty, and became famous throughout See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy as it ragazzo (the boy) . In 1722 he made his first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master's Eumene, creating the greatest See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm by surpassing a popular See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German trumpetplayeF, for whom Porpora had written an obligato to one of the boy's songs, in holding and swelling a See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note of prodigious length, purity and See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, and in the See also:

• VARIATIONS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS OF

variations, roulades and trills which he introduced into the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air . In 1724 he appeared at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, and at See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice in the following See also:

• YEAR

year, returning to Naples shortly afterwards . He sang at See also:

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

Milan in 1726, and at See also:

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

Bologna in 1727, where he first met and acknowledged himself vanquished by the See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

Antonio Bernacchi (b . 1700), to whose instruction he was much indebted . With ever-increasing success and fame Farinelli appeared in nearly all the See also:

• GREAT

great cities of Italy; andreturned a third 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 Vienna in 1731 . He now modified his See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, it is said on the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles VI., from See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere bravura of the Porpora school to one of pathos and simplicity . He visited See also:

• LONDON

London in 1734, arriving in time to lend his powerful support to the See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction which in opposition to See also:

• HANDEL, GEORGE FREDERICK (1685–1759)

Handel had set up a See also:

• RIVAL

rival See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera with Porpora as composer and Senesino as See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal singer .

But not even his aid could make the under-taking successful . His first appearance at the See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

Fields See also:

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

theatre was in Artaserse, much of the See also:

• MUSIC

music of which was by his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Riccardo Broschi . His success was instantaneous, and the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales and the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court loaded him with favours and presents . Having spent three years in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, Farinelli set out for See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, staying a few months on the way in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, where he sang before See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XV . In Spain, where he had only meant to stay a few months, he ended by passing nearly twenty-five years . His voice, employed by the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen to cure See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip V. of his See also:

• MELANCHOLY (Gr. µe)tayXotia, from µEtas, black, and Xotii, bile)

melancholy madness, acquired for him an See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence with that prince which gave him eventually the power, if not the name, of See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister . This power he was See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise and modest enough to use discreetly . For ten years, See also:

• NIGHT

night after night, he had to sing to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king the same six songs, and never anything else . Under See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand VI. he held a similar position, and was decorated (1750) with the See also:

• CROSS

cross of Calatrava . He utilized his ascendancy over this king by persuading him to establish an See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian opera . After the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of Charles III . Farinelli retired with the See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune he had amassed to Bologna, and spent the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his days there in melancholy splendour, dying on the 15th of See also:

• JULY

July 1782 .

His voice was of large See also:

• COMPASS (Fr. corn pas, ultimately from Lat. cum, with, and passus, step)

compass, possessing seven or eight notes more than those of See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary singers, See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti was sonorous, equal and clear; he also possessed a great knowledge of music .