A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Barbieri, Francesco

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From volume 1 of the work.

1502647A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Barbieri, FrancescoGeorge Grove

BARBIERI, [App. p.530 "Francesco Arsenio, date of birth Aug. 3, 1823"], a Spanish dramatic composer of the present day, and chief promoter of an association for instituting a Spanish national opera in opposition to the Italian. 'Jugar con fuego' (1851), 'La Hechicera,' 'La Espada de Bernardo,' and 'El Marques de Caravaca,' are the names of some of his operas which have been performed in Madrid with success.