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SIVORI, ERNESTO CAMILLO (1815-1894)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 163 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIVORI, ERNESTO CAMILLO (1815-1894) , See also:Italian violinist, was See also:born at See also:Genoa on the 25th of See also:October 1815, and was taught by Restano, See also:Paganini, See also:Costa and Dellepiane. His See also:talent was extraordinarily precocious. From 1827 Sivori began the career of a travelling virtuoso, which lasted almost without interruption until 1864. He played Mendelssohn's See also:concerto for the first See also:time in See also:England, in 1846, and was in England again in the seasons of 1851 and 1864. He lived for many years in See also:Paris, and died at Genoa on the 18th of See also:February 1894. SIVRI-See also:HISSAR, " Pointed-See also:Castle," a See also:town of See also:Asia See also:Minor, in the See also:Angora vilayet, situated 8 m. N. of the site of See also:Pessinus, at the See also:foot of a lofty See also:double-peaked See also:ridge of See also:rock, which bears the ruins of a See also:Byzantine castle. It is a road and commercial centre, with a See also:trade in See also:opium and See also:mohair. The See also:population includes a large Armenian community. The town occupies the site of See also:ancient Palia, re-founded and re-named Justinianopolis by theemperor Justinian. It was one of the See also:chain of fortresses on the Byzantine military road across Asia Minor, and became the See also:chief See also:city of See also:Galatia Salutaris about A.D.

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