▁town ▁tr ump eter ; ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 9 ▁and ▁ 1 8 0 0 ▁for ▁republic an ▁activ ism ▁and ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁troops ▁of ▁Napoleon ▁against ▁the ▁Pope ' s ▁Aust rian ▁back ers . ▁In ▁ 1 7 9 8 , ▁when ▁Ross ini ▁was ▁aged ▁six , ▁his ▁mother ▁began ▁a ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁professional ▁singer ▁in ▁com ic ▁opera , ▁and ▁for ▁a ▁little ▁over ▁a ▁de cade ▁was ▁a ▁considerable ▁success ▁in ▁cities ▁including ▁Tri este ▁and ▁Bolog na , ▁before ▁her ▁un tra ined ▁voice ▁began ▁to ▁fail . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 2 ▁the ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁L ugo , ▁near ▁R aven na , ▁where ▁Ross ini ▁received ▁a ▁good ▁basic ▁education ▁in ▁Italian , ▁Latin ▁and ▁arithmetic ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁music . ▁He ▁studied ▁the ▁horn ▁with ▁his ▁father ▁and ▁other ▁music ▁with ▁a ▁priest , ▁Giuseppe ▁Maler be , ▁whose ▁extensive ▁library ▁contained ▁works ▁by ▁Hay dn ▁and ▁Moz art , ▁both ▁little ▁known ▁in ▁Italy ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁but ▁inspir ational ▁to ▁the ▁young ▁Ross ini . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁quick ▁lear ner , ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁twelve ▁he ▁had ▁composed ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁six ▁son at as ▁for ▁four ▁string ed ▁instruments , ▁which ▁were ▁performed ▁under ▁the ▁a eg is ▁of ▁a ▁rich ▁patron ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 4 . ▁Two ▁years ▁later ▁he ▁was ▁admitted ▁to ▁the ▁recently ▁opened ▁L ice o ▁Music ale , ▁Bolog na , ▁initially