Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/B/Biferi, Nicolas

by John Weeks Moore

Biferi, Nicolas, of the Neapolitan school of musicians, was born at Naples in 1739. The characteristics of his style of composition are facility and good taste. After leaving a favor-able impression of his talents in Italy, he went to Paris, where he was appointed a chapel-master. He then published a work entitled "Trait� de Musique abr�g�," in which the arts of singing, accompaniment on the piano-forte, composition, and fugue are well taught, in language remarkable for its perspicuity.