Biography
Luigi Cherubini was born on 14 September 1760 in Florence, the tenth of twelve children of a harpsichordist, and received his first music lessons from his father before continuing his training with Giuseppe Sarti in Bologna and Milan from 1778. After early stage successes in Italy and a period as court composer in London, he settled in Paris in 1786/87, where in 1789 he co-founded the Théâtre de Monsieur with Giovanni Battista Viotti. With operas such as "Médée" (1797) and "Les deux journées" (1800) he shaped the genre of rescue opera and left a lasting mark on composers including Beethoven. In 1795 he was among the founders of the Paris Conservatoire, of which he became director in 1822, and he also served for a time as surintendant of the royal chapel. Cherubini died in Paris on 15 March 1842.
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