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ROSSINI'S engagement as director of the Théatre Italien came to an end in 1826; but he continued to take part in its management, and rendered great services by his recommendations of singers and composers.
He continued, also, to receive twenty thousand francs a year from the Civil List; and as it was necessary this pension, for such it really wa