Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/B/Barni, Camille

Barni, Camille, of the Lombard school of musicians, was born at Como in 1762. He commenced his musical career chiefly by arriving at eminence as a violoncellist. He next became second, then first violin at the Grand Opera in Milan ; subsequently he settled at Paris, where he has composed many French romances and Italian ariettes ; also airs, with variations, for the violin and violoncello.