Luigi Cherubini

For the Italian footballer, see Luigi Cherubini (footballer).

Luigi Cherubini
Portrait of Cherubini with a bust of his mentor Giuseppe Sarti (1792)
Born
Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini

(1760-09-08)8 September 1760
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died15 March 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 1760 – 15 March 1842) 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.

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