Agnelli, Salvatore
Agnelli, Salvatore
Agnelli, Salvatore, Italian composer; b. Palermo, 1817; d. Marseilles, 1874. He was a student of Furno, Zingarelli, and Donizetti at the Palermo Cons. After composing 10 comic operas for Naples and Palermo (1837–42), he settled in Marseilles and brought out serious operas, ballets, and sacred works.
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