Title: Black´s Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Author/Editor: De Bekker

Publisher: Black´s

Year: 1924

City: London

Ed.: 2nd Edition

Call Number: ML100 D32 1924

Black´s Dictionary of Music and Musicians 1924

BOTTESINI (Giovanni) composed operas, "Christophe Colombe," produced at Havana, 1847; "Ero e Leandro," Turin, 1879; "Ali Baba," London, 1871; the oratorio "Gardn of Olivet" for the Norwich Festival of 1887; known as the greatest of all double-bass soloists; conducted Italian opera at Paris, Palermo, Barcelona, and Cairo. b. Crema, Lombardy, Dec. 24, 1822; d. Parma, July 7, 1889.