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Spontini (GASPARO SPORE founded on Lalla)

GASPARO SPORE (founded on "Lalla Rookh"), "Alcidor," schools. From 1889 to 1891 he was and "Agnes of Hohenstauffen," were principal of schools in Fitchburg, Mass., produced with great splendor. Spontini continued to reside as first chapel master in Berlin till the death of the king in 1840. The latter period of his sojourn at Berlin was embittered by professional disputes; and in 1842 he repaired to Paris, where in 1839 he had been elected one of the five members of the Académie des Beaux Arts. He died in Majolatti, Jan. 14, 1851.

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