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Luigi Cherubini
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Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842) was an Italian composer who spent most of his working life in France. Although his music is not well known today, it was greatly admired in his time. Beethoven regarded him as the greatest of his contemporaries. Cherubini was born Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini on 14th September 1760 in Florence. His instruction in music began at the age of six with his father, himself a musician. By the age of thirteen he had composed several religious works. From 1778 to 1780, he studied music in Bologna and Milan. Cherubini's early operas, settings of Italian libretti by Metastasio, adhered closely to the conventions of opera seria. In 1788, Cherubini made a brief visit to London, where he started work on a setting of a French libretto by Jean-François Marmontel, Démophon. Cherubini's music began to show more originality and daring. Later the same year he settled in Paris. His first major success here was Lodoïska/i] (1791) which was admired for its realistic heroism. This was followed by Eliza (1794), set in the Swiss Alps, and Médée (1797), which is Cherubini's best-known work. Les deux journées (1800), in which Cherubini simplified his style somewhat, was a popular success. These and other operas were premiered at the Théâtre Feydeau. Cherubini's popularity declined markedly after Les deux journées, with Parisian audiences turning to younger composers such as Boieldieu. His opera-ballet Anacréon was an outright failure. In 1805, Cherubini re
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Requiem No. 1 in C minor: Graduale: Requiem aeternam
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4,5563Requiem No. 1 in C minor: Introitus et Kyrie: Requiem aeternam
4,2154Requiem No. 1 in C minor: Pie Jesu
2,8295Marche funebre
2,7686Requiem No. 1 in C minor: Agnus Dei
2,6347Requiem No. 1 in C minor: Sanctus
2,2428Symphony in D major: III. Menuetto: allegro non tanto
2,1189Requiem No. 1 in C minor: Dies irae
1,17510Introitus et Kyrie: Requiem aeternam
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CHERUBINI: Requiem / Marche funebre
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Cherubini: Requiem in C Minor & Marche funèbre - Beethoven: Elegiac Song, Op. 118
Cherubini: String Quartets Nos. 1 in E Flat Major and 2 in C Major
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Cherubini: Requiem In C Minor
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