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Luigi Cherubini
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Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini was an Italian Classical and Romantic 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.
Portrait of Cherubini with a bust of his mentor, Giuseppe Sarti, by François Dumont (1792).
Portrait of Cherubini with a bust of his mentor, Giuseppe Sarti, by François Dumont (1792).
Title page of the first edition of Cherubini's Médée, full score, 1797
Title page of the first edition of Cherubini's Médée, full score, 1797
Portrait by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Louvre). The crowning Muse displeased Cherubini and is blacked out in some copies.[citation needed]
Portrait by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Louvre). The crowning Muse displeased Cherubini and is blacked out in some copies.[citation needed]
The grave of Cherubini, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, with sculpture by Augustin Dumont
The grave of Cherubini, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, with sculpture by Augustin Dumont
Classical period (music)
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The Classical Period was an era of classical music between roughly 1750 and 1820.
A young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a representative composer of the Classical period, seated at a keyboard.
A young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a representative composer of the Classical period, seated at a keyboard.
A modern string quartet. In the 2000s, string quartets from the Classical era are the core of the chamber music literature. From left to right: violin
A modern string quartet. In the 2000s, string quartets from the Classical era are the core of the chamber music literature. From left to right: violin 1, violin 2, cello, viola
Gluck, detail of a portrait by Joseph Duplessis, dated 1775 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
Gluck, detail of a portrait by Joseph Duplessis, dated 1775 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
Haydn portrait by Thomas Hardy, 1792
Haydn portrait by Thomas Hardy, 1792