Luigi Cherubini

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Luigi Cherubini
Portrait of Cherubini with a bust of his mentor, Giuseppe Sarti, by François Dumont (1792).
Born
Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini

(1760-09-08)September 8, 1760
Florence, Italy
DiedMarch 15, 1842(1842-03-15) (aged 81)
Paris, France
EraClassical, Romantic

Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini (/ˌkɛrʊˈbiːni/ KERR-uu-BEE-nee; Italian: [luˈiːdʒi keruˈbiːni]; 8 or 14 September[1] 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic[2][3] composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest living composer of his era. Cherubini's operas were heavily praised and interpreted by Rossini.[4]

  1. ^ Willis, in Sadie (Ed.), p. 833
  2. ^ "Luigi Cherubini | Biography, Compositions, & Facts | Britannica". 10 September 2023.
  3. ^ "There are clearly Romantic characteristics in his opera Médée, e.g. in many daring harmonic progressions." Sohlmans Musiklexikon
  4. ^ Holden, p. 174