[18] Dalayrac; b. 1753, d. 1809. Steibelt; b. 1764, d. 1823. Zingarelli; b. 1752, d. 1837. Vaccai; b. 1791, d. 1849. Bellini; b. 1802, d. 1835. Marchetti; b. 1831. Marquis d'Ivry; b. 1829.

[19] B. 1811; d. 1870.

[20] Victor Sieg, b. 1837.

[21] "Lettres Intimes."

[22] Lefébure Wély, b. 1817; d. 1870.

[23] See last chapter.

[24] Since these lines were written, a solitary performance of "Samson et Dalila," in concert form, has taken place at Covent Garden Theatre during Mr. Farley Sinkins's season of Promenade Concerts, under somewhat untoward circumstances.

[25] Massenet has introduced some of the music of this work into "Le Roi de Lahore."

[26] Diaz; b. 1837.

[27] Published by Messrs. Augener.