Yahoo Web Search

Search results

    • Image courtesy of cosasdehistoriayarte.blogspot.com

      cosasdehistoriayarte.blogspot.com

      • Luigi Boccherini (born February 19, 1743, Lucca [Italy]—died May 28, 1805, Madrid, Spain) was an Italian composer and cellist who influenced the development of the string quartet as a musical genre and who composed the first music for a quintet for strings, as well as a quintet for strings and piano.
      www.britannica.com › biography › Luigi-Boccherini
  1. People also ask

  2. Boccherini fell on hard times following the deaths of his Spanish patron (1785), his two wives (1785 and 1805), and his four daughters (1796, 1802 and 1804). He died in Madrid in 1805, survived by two sons.

  3. May 24, 2024 · Luigi Boccherini (born February 19, 1743, Lucca [Italy]—died May 28, 1805, Madrid, Spain) was an Italian composer and cellist who influenced the development of the string quartet as a musical genre and who composed the first music for a quintet for strings, as well as a quintet for strings and piano. His approximately 500 works also include ...

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  4. Luigi Boccherini, (born Feb. 19, 1743, Luccadied May 28, 1805, Madrid, Spain), Italian composer. Son of a musician, he received excellent early training and toured widely in Europe as a cellist. He held positions at the courts of Madrid and Prussia.

  5. This article offers an in-depth exploration of Luigi Boccherini’s life, his musical journey, and the influences that shaped his unique style. Early Life and Training Born on February 19, 1743, in Lucca, Italy, Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini was the third child in a musically gifted family.

  6. Apr 28, 2016 · Luigi Ridolfo Boccherini (b. 1743–d. 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist. Son of Leopoldo Boccherini (singer and double-bass player), brother of Maria Ester (a ballet dancer) and Giovanni Antonio Gastone (ballet dancer, man of letters, and librettist), Luigi received his initial musical education in Lucca, the city of his birth, from ...

  7. May 14, 2018 · BOCCHERINI, LUIGI. Rococo composer who helped crystallize the classical style, baptized Ridolfo Luigi; b. Lucca, Italy, Feb. 19, 1743; d. Madrid, May 25, 1805. His father, Leopold, a contrabass player, gave him his first violoncello lessons, and Luigi was playing professionally at 13.

  8. Luigi Boccherini (February 19, 1743May 28, 1805) was a classical era composer and cellist from Italy, mostly known for one particular minuet from one of his string quintets, and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482).