PIETRO See also:

• PIETRO MASCAGNI (1863– )

MASCAGNI (1863– )  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian operatic composer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LEGHORN (Ital. Livorno, Fr. Livourne)

Leghorn, the son of a See also:

• BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774)
• BAKER, SIR BENJAMIN (1840-1907)
• BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1644/5)
• BAKER, SIR SAMUEL WHITE (1821-1893)
• BAKER, THOMAS (1656-1740)
• BAKER, VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] (1827-1887)

baker, and educated for the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law; but he neglected his legal studies for See also:

• MUSIC

music, taking See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret lessons at the Instituto See also:

• LUIGI

Luigi See also:

• CHERUBINI, MARIA LUIGI CARLO ZENOBIO SALVATORE (1760-1842)

Cherubini . There a See also:

• SYMPHONY

symphony by him was performed in 1879, and various other compositions attracted See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention, so that See also:

• MONEY

money was provided by a wealthy See also:

• AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

amateur for him to study 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 See also:

• MASCAGNI, PIETRO (1863– )

Mascagni chafed at the teaching, and soon See also:

• LEFT

left Milan to become conductor to a touring operatic See also:

• COMPANY

company . After a somewhat chequered See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he suddenly leapt into fame by the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in 1890 of his one-See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera Cavalleria Rusticana, containing a tuneful " intermezzo," which became wildly popular . Mascagni was the musical See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of the See also:

• HOUR

hour,. and Cavalleria Rusticana was performed everywhere . But his later See also:

• WORK

work failed to repeat this success . L'Amico Fritz (1891), I Rantzau (1892), Guglielmo Ratcliff (1895), Silvano (1893), Zanetto (1896), See also:

• IRIS

Iris (1898), Le Maschere (1901), and See also:

• ARNICA

Arnica (1903), were coldly or adversely received; and though Cavalleria Rusticana, with its catchy melodies, still held the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage, this See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of failures involved a steady decline in the composer's reputation . From 1895 to 1903 Mascagni was director of the See also:

• PESARO (anc. Pisaurum, q.v.)

Pesaro Conservatoire, but in the latter See also:

• YEAR

year, having left his See also:

• POST

post in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to tour through the See also:

• UNITED

United States, he was dismissed from the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment .