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Luigi Boccherini

Luigi Boccherini

Italian Cellist


Dead at 62 years
Birthday
Tuesday
He is born 281 years, 7 months and 15 days ago
Death date
Tuesday

He is dead since 219 years, 4 months and 6 days

Cause of death: tuberculosis

Birthplace
Lucques, Italy
Nationality: italian Italie
Birth sign: Pisces

Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also US: , Italian: [riˈdɔlfo luˈiːdʒi bokkeˈriːni] ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and galante style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. He is best known for a minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275), and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482). The latter work was long known in the heavily altered version by German cellist and prolific arranger Friedrich Grützmacher, but has recently been restored to its original version.

Boccherini's output also includes several guitar quintets. The final movement of the Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D (G 448) is a fandango, a lively Spanish dance.

Source : Wikipedia