GIOVANNI See also:

• FRANCESCO
• FRANCESCO, 210

FRANCESCO See also:

• GIOVANNI FRANCESCO GROSSI (?–1699)
• GROSSI, TOMMASO (1791-1853)

GROSSI (?–1699)  , one of the greatest See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian singers of the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of See also:

• BEL

bel See also:

• CANTO (from the Lat. cantus, a song)

canto, better known as Sif See also:

• ACE (derived through the Lat. as, from the Tarentine form of the Gr. etc)

ace, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PESCIA

Pescia in See also:

• TUSCANY
• TUSCANY (Toscana)

Tuscany about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . He entered the papal See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel in 1675, and later sang at See also:

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

Venice . He derived' his See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname of Siface from his impersonation of that See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character in an See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera of See also:

• CAVALLI, FRANCESCO (1599?-1676)

Cavalli . It has generally been said that he appeared as Siface in Alessandro See also:

• SCARLATTI, ALESSANDRO (1659-1725)

Scarlatti's Mitridate, but the confusion is due to his having sung the See also:

• PART

part of Mitridate in Scarlatti's Pompeo at See also:

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

Naples in 1683 . In 1687 he was sent to See also:

• LONDON

London by the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• MODENA (ancient Mutina)

Modena, to become a member of the chapel of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James II . He probably did much for the introduction of Italian See also:

• MUSIC

music into See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, but soon See also:

• LEFT

left the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate . Among See also:

• PURCELL, HENRY (1658-1695)

Purcell's See also:

• HARPSICHORD, HARPSICON, DOUBLE VIRGINALS (Fr. clavecin; Ger. Clavicymbel, Kiel-Flugel; Ital. arpicordo, cembalo, davicembalo, gravecembalo; Dutch, davisinbal)

harpsichord music is an See also:

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

air entitled " Sefauchi's Farewell." He was murdered in 1699 on the road between See also:

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

Bologna and See also:

• FERRARA

Ferrara, probably by the agents of a nobleman with whose wife he had a liaison . See Corrado See also:

• RICCI, MATTEO (1552-1610)

Ricci's Vita Barocca (See also:

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

Milan, 1904) .