Gabrielli, Count Nicolas
(1814–1891)> COMPOSER
Gabrielli, Count Nicolas (21 February 1814, Naples; 14 June 1891, Paris), composer, took music lessons from Busti and Domenico Gaetano Donizetti , but his natural gift for composing led him into a prolific career of writing before he had time to acquire an extensive and formal education in harmony, counterpoint, and the other aspects of composition that a musician is supposed to learn in school or with a master. He began his career by contributing a dozen texts almost exclusively to the Nuovo…