Pugni, Cesare
(1802–1870)
Pugni, Cesare (5–31–1802, Genoa; 1–14/26–1870, P.). Italian comp. Studied at the Milan Cons. (1815–22), where his teachers incl. Rolla (vn) and Asioli (comp.). Achieved modest success as a ballet and opera comp. at La Scala (1826–34) and in Paris, where he lived for nearly 10 years. From 1851–70 worked in P. Was ballet comp. of the Imperial Theaters; also wrote over 35 ballets for the Mariinskiy Theater, incl. The Little Hump-Backed Horse (1864), which for a long time was the only ballet with a…