Giacinto Marras was a singer and musical composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

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He studied music in Naples; came to England

England

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, 1835; sang at, and gave, concerts with Giulia Grisi

Giulia Grisi

Giulia Grisi, also known as Madame De Candia was an Italian opera singer...

, Luigi Lablache

Luigi Lablache

Luigi Lablache was an Italian opera singer of French and Irish heritage. He was most noted for his comic performances, possessing a powerful and agile bass voice, a wide range, and adroit acting skills: Leporello in Don Giovanni was one of his signature roles.-Biography:Luigi Lablache was born in...

, Michael William Balfe

Michael William Balfe

Michael William Balfe was an Irish composer, best-remembered for his opera The Bohemian Girl.After a short career as a violinist, Balfe pursued an operatic singing career, while he began to compose. In a career spanning more than 40 years, he composed 38 operas, almost 250 songs and other works...

, and others; visited Russia

Russia

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, 1842, and Vienna

Vienna

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 and Naples later; was in Paris

Paris

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, 1844; settled in England, 1846; published songs and other works; sang in public; Institut d'après-midis musicales at his own house; visited India

India

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, 1870-3, and the Riviera

French Riviera

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, 1879; immense repertoire of oratorio

Oratorio

An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...

, opera

Opera

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, and chamber music; as composer belongs to Italian school; published also Lezioni di Canto and Elementi Vocali 1850, valuable treatises on singing.