How did luigi boccherini die

Boccherini pronunciation
Where did luigi boccherini live
Luigi boccherini most famous pieces

•

Luigi Boccherini

Luigi Boccherini was born in Lucca in Italy in 1743. Having studied ’cello with his father, he was already a renowned virtuoso at the age of thirteen when he went to Rome in 1757 to continue his studies. After several concert tours of Europe Boccherini finally settled in Madrid. He first held the post of court composer of Infante Luis, later becoming music director at the court of the Duchess of Benavente. After losing this post he lived in great poverty. He died in Madrid in 1805.

Boccherini’s ceuvre includes 20 symphonies, concertos for violin, forflute, for ’cello and for harpsichord, 91 string quartets and 125 string quintets. He incorporated the guitar in a Symphonia concertante and in 12 string quintets, of which four are no longer extant. During his own lifetime his popularity was founded largely upon his numerous chamber works, which are for the most part exuberant in rhythm and melody, and playful and ebullient in character. Boccherini is widely regarded as the inventor of the string quintet (his works in the genre are generally scored for two 'celli).

•

Luigi Boccherini was born in Lucca on 19 February 1743, the son of Leopoldo Boccherini, a professional cellist and double-bass player. He revealed an early aptitude for music and began studying cello with his father from the age of five and later - from about nine years of age - with the Abbate Francesco Vanucci, cellist, composer, singer, choir-master and maestro di capella at the cathedral in Lucca. He made his debut as a cellist at thirteen, later playing concertos at local feast-day celebrations and in 1757 went to Rome for further studies with Giovanni Battista Costanzi, maestro di capella at St Peter's. Towards the end of 1757 Luigi and Leopoldo Boccherini were summoned to Vienna to take up appointments at the Burgtheater, the Imperial Court Theatre. Luigi's playing at court attracted a great deal of attention and Sardini, the Luccan Ambassador, became a useful and friend and protector. Boccherini returned to Lucca in 1759 but was back in Vienna working alongside his father the following year.

In April 1764 his application for an appointment at Lucca was finally granted. Du

•

Luigi Boccherini

Italian composer and cellist (1743–1805)

Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini^[1] (,^[2]^[3]also,^[4]^[5]Italian:[riˈdɔlfoluˈiːdʒibokkeˈriːni]^ⓘ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and galante style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. He is best known for a minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275), and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482). The latter work was long known in the heavily altered version by German cellist and prolific arranger Friedrich Grützmacher, but has recently been restored to its original version.

Boccherini's output also includes several guitar quintets. The final movement of the Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D (G 448) is a fandango, a lively Spanish dance.

Biography

Boccherini was born into a musical family in Lucca, Italy in 1743.^[6] He was the third child of Leopoldo Boccherini, a cellist and double-bass player, and