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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Rossini
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Interesting Facts about this famous classical composer and musician are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Accomplishments and reasons Rossini is famous: Classical Composer and musician - he was one of the leading Romantic Period Composers

  • Fact 2 - Date of Birth: Rossini was born on February 29, 1792
  • Fact 3 - Place of Birth: Pesaro, Italy
  • Fact 4 - Full Name: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Fact 5 - Lifespan: 1792-1868
  • Fact 6 - Name of mother and father: His parents names were Giuseppe Rossini and Anna Guidarini
  • Fact 7 - Family background: His father was a trumpeter and his mother was a singer
  • Fact 8 - Childhood and education: His musical family were a source of encouragement to the young Rossini and at the age of 14 he enrolled in Bologna's Philharmonic School.
  • Fact 9 - Rossini learnt to play various musical instruments including the piano, harpsichord, horn and violin
  • Fact 10 - He first earned money by singing and playing music
  • Fact 11 - Rossini married twice. He was first married to the operatic singer Isabella Colbran and after her death in 1847, Rossini married Olympe Pelissier
  • Fact 12 - Rossini wrote the operas "The Barber of Seville" in 1816 and "William Tell" in 1829
  • Fact 13 - Rossini became music director of both of the opera houses in Naples
  • Fact 14 - Rossini travelled across Europe meeting famous musicians and composers
  • Fact 15 - Rossini became wealthy and enjoyed lavishly entertaining his friends
  • Fact 16 - Date of Death: Rossini died on November 13, 1868 in Passy, near Paris, France
  • Fact 17 - His types of compositions and works included mainly operas but he also composed and oratorios, instrumental music and cantatas
  • Fact 18 - His music lives on and the musical works of this famous composer and musician include the following operas:
    • La pietra del paragone (The Touchstone)
    • Tancredi (1813)
    • L’Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers, 1813)
    • Il Turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy, 1814)
    • Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra (Elizabeth, Queen of England, 1815)
    • Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville, 1816)
    • La cenerentola (Cinderella, 1817)
    • Armida (1817)
    • La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie, 1817)
    • La donna del lago (The Lady of the Lake, 1819)
    • Semiramide (1823)
    • Le Siège de Corinthe (The Siege of Corinth, 1826)
    • Moïse (Moses, 1827)
    • Guillaume Tell (William Tell, 1829).
  • Quotes by Gioacchino Rossini:
    "Give me a laundry list and I'll set it to music."
    "How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers."

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