biography
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Cherubini, (Maria) Luigi (Carlo Zenobio Salvatore)
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pronunciation:
[kerubeenee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1760–1842)
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| biography:
| Composer, born in Florence, NC Italy. He studied at Bologna and Milan, and wrote a succession of operas, at first in Neapolitan, later (having moved to Paris) in French style. His best-known opera is Les Deux Journées (1880, The Two Days, or The Water-Carrier). His later work was mainly ecclesiastical. In 1822 he became director of the Paris Conservatoire. |
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