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 The grave of Maria Luigi Cherubini at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (19 Nov 2006) |
 Cenotaph for Luigi Cherubini at the Santa Croce, Florence. Picture by Androom (07 Feb 2011) |
Cherubini, Luigi |
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BORN 14 Sep 1760, Firenze, Toscana - DIED 15 Mar 1842, Paris BIRTH NAME Cherubini, Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Père Lachaise, Rue du Repos 16 (division 11, ligne 01, Y, 20) |
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Cherubini was educated by his father, who was a musician. At the age of thirteen he had written several religious compositions. He continued his musical studies in Bologna and Milan from 1778 until 1780. He started writing conventional Italian opera's. In 1788 he visited London and that same year he settled in Paris. There he started writing more original music and in 1791 he was successful with "Lodoïska". In 1794 followed "Eliza" and in 1797 "Médée" followed. In 1800 "Les deux Journées" was another success. His success in Paris faded and he left for Vienna, where his opera "Faniska" was praised by Haydn and Beethoven. After "Les abencérages" was little successful in 1813 he turned his attention to church music. His "Requiem in C-minor" (1816) commemorated the death of Louis XVI and was a success. In 1822 he was appointed director of the Conservatoire in Paris. In 1823 he refused the young Franz Liszt to enter the Conservatoire because he was a foreigner. In 1835 his book "Cours de contrepoint et de fugue" was completed. Although many of his pupils suffered from his frequent bad temper he also had several close friends. Among them were Rossini and Chopin, but especially Ingres, who liked to play the violin and Cherubini himself was an eager amateur painter. In 1841 Ingres painted his portrait. He died in 1842 and was buried close to Chopin at Père Lachaise. Related persons • was teacher of Auber, Daniel • met Balfe, Michael • was teacher of Batton, Desiré-Alexandre • was a friend of Chopin, Frédéric • was teacher of Halévy, Fromental • was painted by Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique • has a connection with Liszt, Franz • was a friend of Rossini, Gioacchino • was teacher of Zimmermann, Pierre Events |
| 18/7/1791 | Premiere of Charubini's opera "Lodoïska" at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris. The libretto was written by Claude-François Fillette-Loraux, based on a part of Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai's novel "Les amours du chevalier de Faublas". Performers included Pierre Gaveaux and Jean-Blaise Martin. The opera was received well and ran for 200 performances. In 1794 John Philip Kemble produced an English version. It was revived in 1819. |
| 13/12/1794 | Premiere of Cherubini's opera "Éliza" at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris. The libretto in French was written by Jacques-Antoine de Révéroni Saint-Cyr. Julie-Angélique Scio was Éliza and other singers were Pierre Gaveaux and Jean Blaise Martin. |
| 13/3/1797 | Premiere of Cherubini's opéra-comique "Médée" at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris. The libretto was written by François-Benoît Hoffman. It was based on Euripides' tragedy of Medea and Pierre Corneille's play "Médée". Performers included Julie-Angélique Scio, Pierre Gaveaux and Émilie Gavaudan. |
| 16/1/1800 | Premiere of Cherubini's opera "Les deux journées" at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris. The libretto was written by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly. The performers included Pierre Gaveaux and Angélique Scio-Legrand. |
| 4/10/1803 | Premiere of Cherubini's opera-ballet "Anacréon, ou L'amour fugitif" by the Paris Opera at the Salle Montansier. The French libretto was written by C.R. Mendouze. Pierre-Gabriel Gardel was the choreographer. Performers included François Lays, Caroline Branchu, Marie Gardel-Miller and Augustine Himm. The work was a failure and it was performed only seven times. [Branchu, Caroline] |
| 21/1/1817 | Premiere of Cherubini's "Requiem in C minor" during a commemoration service for Louis XVI. Cherubini had written it in 1816. It was admired by Beethoven, Schumann, Berlioz and Brahms. It was also performed during Beethoven's funeral. In 1834 the archbishop of Paris banned the work because it used women's voices. In 1836 he wrote a "Requiem in D Minor" for male voices for his own funeral. [Louis XVI Auguste, King of France] |
| 12/12/1823 | Luigi Cherubini refuses to admit Franz Liszt to the Conservatory in Paris. Cherubini declared that according to a new rule only French students were admitted to the piano class. [Liszt, Franz] |
| 28/3/1834 | First English performance of Cherubini's "Requiem in C minor". Anna Bishop was the principal soprano. |
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The grave of Maria Luigi Cherubini at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (19 Nov 2006) |
Cenotaph for Luigi Cherubini at the Santa Croce, Florence. Picture by Androom (07 Feb 2011) |
Sources • Adler, Josef, Handbuch der Grabstätten, 2. Band, Die Grabstätte der Europäer, Deutsches Kunstverlag, München, 1986 • Luigi Cherubini - Wikipedia (EN) • Anacréon (Cherubini) - Wikipedia (EN) • Anna Bishop - Wikipedia (EN) • Les deux journées - Wikipedia (EN) • Lodoïska (Cherubini) - Wikipedia (EN) • Médée (Cherubini) - Wikipedia (EN) • Requiem in C minor (Cherubini) - Wikipedia (EN) • Éliza (Cherubini) - Wikipédia (FR) |
