1798. =K. G. Reissiger= (Belzig). A prolific composer, produced many operas of an “academic” class, which have not survived their day. 1799. =J. F. F. E. Halévy= (Paris). Wrote a vast number of French operas, the best known of which is _La Juive_. 1800. =Antonio Tamburini= (Faenza). Was a baritone singer and a member of the famous “Puritani” quartet, which delighted both London and Paris for so many years. He excelled in his interpretation of the baritone parts of operas of the Rossini school. 1801. =Vincenzo Bellini= (Catania). This famous opera composer is still known by the frequent performance of his best works—_La Somnambula_ (1831), _Norma_ (1831), _I Puritani_ (1835). More might have come from this composer, had he not died at the early age of thirty-four. 1802. =John Barnett= (Bedford). Was an English composer of a number of operas and of music for stage pieces. He has the credit of the first real English opera since Arne’s _Artexerxes_ in his _Mountain Sylph_, produced in 1835. This is his best known work, but he wrote other operas, such as _Fair Rosamund_ (1837) and _Farinelli_ (1839). 1802. =Louis Niedermeyer= (Nyon). Had the misfortune to produce several operas which were mostly failures. He had, however, original ideas as to orchestration, and is worthy of remembrance for his gifts of melody. 1803. =Adolphe Charles Adam= (Paris). Wrote grand opera, ballet music, and opera comique, being only remembered for the last-named, for which he had real talent. His best work is _Le Postillon de Longjumeau_ (1836). 1803. =G. A. Lortzing= (Berlin). Wrote many operas still popular in Germany; one indeed, _Peter the Shipwright_, has met with considerable success in this country. He wrote upon a model which Sullivan so excellently employed in his light operas. 1803. =Hector Berlioz= (Grenoble), 1803-69. An eccentric genius among musicians. Wrote operas such as _Les Troyens_ and _Benvenuto Cellini_, which contain fine music, but which have never pleased the public, and which remain practically unperformed. 1804. =Julius Benedict= (Stuttgart). Although a German, is always looked upon as an English composer, his life having been spent in this country. He is best known by his often-performed _Lily of Killarney_, which dates from 1862. Benedict died in 1885.