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Luigi Cherubini

Italian Classical and Romantic composer (1760–1842)

1760–1842

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Born
1760
Died
1842
Birthplace
Florence
Place of death
Paris
Citizenship / historical state
France; Grand Duchy of Tuscany; United Kingdom
Period (estimated from birth year)
Classical

Biography

Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini ( 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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Life and musical career

Occupations
composer; conductor; musicologist; music educator; music theorist
Teachers
Giuseppe Sarti
Career institutions / employers
Conservatoire de Paris
Recorded memberships
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Académie des beaux-arts
Genres
opera
Notable works
Les Abencérages; Médée; Ave Maria; Les deux journées, ou Le porteur de l'eau; Requiem in C minor
Awards
Commander of the Legion of Honour
Birth name
Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini
Languages used
French; Italian
VIAF ID
88663809
ISNI
0000000121428442
GND ID
118520377
Library of Congress ID
n79046131
MusicBrainz ID
375d52ad-5b7a-4f96-80e2-6d9ad13f5160

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Choir, Piano, Orchestra, Voice, percussion
Genres represented
Classical
Source entries with composition dates
10

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Title Work details Listed instruments Sheet music
Ave Maria See work details
  • Piano
  • Voice
  • Clarinet
Classical
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Polonaise See work details
  • Oboe
Classical
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Les deux journées
Year composed
1799-1800
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Eliza See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Largo See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Lodoïska
Year composed
1791
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String Quartets Nos. 1-3
Year composed
1814 or earlier?
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7. Agnus Dei See work details
  • Voice
  • Choir
  • Timpani
1 more instruments
  • percussion
Classical
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Song Lesson See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Do Do Sol La Mi Fa Do See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
4. Offertorium See work details
  • Voice
  • Choir
  • Timpani
1 more instruments
  • percussion
Classical
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Medea Overture See work details
  • Piano
  • Cello
  • Flute
9 more instruments
  • Oboe
  • violin
  • Bassoon
  • Double Bass
  • Horn
  • Clarinet
  • Trombone
  • Trumpet
  • percussion
Classical
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"Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts" See work details See edition details View sheet music Work & edition details
Ahi Che Forse Ai Miei See work details
  • Piano
  • Voice
Classical
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Pas Redouble No. 5 See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Messe solennele breve - Horn in F 1 & 2 See work details
  • Orchestra
  • Choir
Classical
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Counterpoint and Fugue See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Démophoon
Year composed
1788
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2 Sonatas See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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String Quintet in E Minor
Year composed
1837
Key in title
E minor
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3. Dies Irae See work details
  • Voice
  • Choir
  • Timpani
1 more instruments
  • percussion
Classical
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Anacreon Overture See work details
  • Piano
  • Cello
  • Flute
9 more instruments
  • Oboe
  • violin
  • Bassoon
  • Double Bass
  • Horn
  • Clarinet
  • Trombone
  • Trumpet
  • percussion
Classical
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V?gyva k?rdem See work details
  • Voice
  • Choir
Classical
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Requiem No. 2 in D Minor: No. 1. Introitus and Kyrie
Key in title
D minor
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Requiem No. 2 in D Minor: No. 7. Agnus Dei
Key in title
D minor
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Anacréon
Year composed
1803
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Requiem in C minor
Year composed
1816, Paris
Key in title
C minor
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1. Introitus e Kyrie See work details
  • Voice
  • Choir
  • Timpani
1 more instruments
  • percussion
Classical
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2. Graduale See work details
  • Voice
  • Choir
  • Timpani
1 more instruments
  • percussion
Classical
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6. Pie Jesu See work details
  • Voice
  • Choir
  • Timpani
1 more instruments
  • percussion
Classical
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Agnus Dei - No. 7 from "Requiem No. 1 in C minor"
Key in title
C minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Requiem No. 2 in D Minor: No. 5. Sanctus
Key in title
D minor
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Overture in G Major - Full Score
Key in title
G major
  • Orchestra
Classical
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Requiem No. 2 in D Minor: No. 2. Graduale
Key in title
D minor
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Requiem No. 2 in D Minor: No. 6. Pie Jesu
Key in title
D minor
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Introit - No. 1 from "Requiem No. 1 in C minor"
Key in title
C minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Sanctus - No. 5 from "Requiem No. 1 in C minor"
Key in title
C minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Requiem No. 2 in D Minor: No. 3. Dies irae
Key in title
D minor
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Work & excerpts
Mass No. 6 in C Major 7 excerpt listings
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Graduale, No. 2 from "Requiem No. 1 in C Minor"
Key in title
C minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Dies Irae - No. 3 from "Requiem No. 1 in C minor"
Key in title
C minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Work & excerpts
Mass No. 11 in A Major 7 excerpt listings
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Offertorium - No. 4 from "Requiem No. 1 in C minor"
Key in title
C minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Pie Jesu - No. 6 from "Requiem No. 1 in C minor"
Key in title
C minor
  • Piano
Classical
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Requiem No. 2 in D Minor: No. 4. Offertorium
Key in title
D minor
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L See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Médée
Year composed
1796-97, rev.1802, 1809
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Requiem in D minor
Year composed
1836
Key in title
D minor
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Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 88663809. Portrait: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.