FOOTNOTES:
[1] Cenni di una donna già cantante sopra il maestro Rossini.
[2] Théâtres Lyriques de Paris, "L'Opéra, Italien," p. 317.
[3] M. Azevedo (G. Rossini, sa Vie et ses Œuvres, par A. Azevedo) says that "Rossini, consulted as to the correctness of these figures, thought there must be an error of 100 scudi. He was under the impression that he had only received 300 scudi for the Barber."
[4] A poet of our time, finding himself described on a title-page as the author of "words" which a composer had set to "music," suggested that, with a view to uniformity, for "music," "crotchets and quavers" should be substituted.
[5] In the Avvertimento al Pubblico the title of the comedy is given in Italian, "Il Barbiere di Sivigilia; ossia, L'Inutile Precauzione."
[6] L'Ape Italiana. Paris 1836.
[7] Cenn di una donna già contante sopra il maestro Rossini.
[8] M. de Saint-George, in a speech he delivered at Rossini's funeral.
[9] "Conversations with Rossini," by Ferdinand Hiller. Musical World, 1856.