The British Musical Biography

[E] Cianchettini Pio, composer, was born
at London, December 11, 1779. Son of Fran-
cesco Cianchettini. Appeared as infant pro-
digy, 1804. Travelled through Germany, Hol-
land, and France. Returned to London, 1805.
Accompanist and conductor to Catalani.
Teacher and composer in London. He died
at Cheltenham, July 20, 1851.

[W] Works. — Pope's Ode to Solitude. Sixty
Italian Catches, for two, three, and four
voices (Martini), edited. Cantata for two
voices from " Milton's Paradise Lost." " Take,
O take those lips away," song. Music by
Mozart, and Beethoven, edited, and a large
number of fantasias, concertos, rondos, diverti-
mentos, etc., for pf. His mother was
Veronica Rosalie Dussek (1779-1833), sister
of J. L. Dussek, and his sister, Veronica
Elisabeth Cianchettini, was a composer of
overtures, rondos, sonatas, waltzes, etc.

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