Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer best known for his operas.
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He became a leading opera composer, with Nabucco in 1842 launching his international success.[1] Verdi built his home Villa Verdi at Sant'Agata in Busseto, where he lived from 1851 until his death.[2] Giuseppe Verdi was born on either 9 or 10 October 1813 in Le Roncole, near Busseto, to Carlo Giuseppe Verdi and Luigia Uttini.[3]
Life and work
Verdi's father Carlo was an innkeeper, and his mother Luigia was a spinner.[3] His wife Margherita died of encephalitis at age 26 while he was working on his second opera.[4] Nabucco premiered on 9 March 1842 and received 57 performances in its autumn revival at La Scala.[1] He purchased farmland "Il Pulgaro" in 1844 and later bought the Palazzo Cavalli in Busseto.[2]
Starting at age four, the village schoolmaster Baistrocchi taught Verdi Latin and Italian in private lessons.[5] When Verdi was eight, following Baistrocchi's death, he was appointed as the paid organist for the local church.[6]
What the cited sources add
The music historian Roger Parker notes that Verdi's parents belonged to families of small landowners and traders, not illiterate peasants as Verdi later claimed.[7] Parker states that Verdi's father Carlo was energetic in furthering his son's education, something Verdi tended to hide in later life.[7] Verdi's first music was published in 1838-1839 with Milan publisher Giovanni Canti, according to an Oxford Music Online entry by Richard Macnutt and Mariapia Rosso.[8][9] Porter further observes that for a decade, Verdi's existence "reads like a travel diary" of journeys to stage new operas.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Giuseppe Verdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Parker 2001, p. §2 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Giuseppe Verdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Phillips-Matz 1993, p. 17–21; Budden 1993, p. 71; "Story" on Villa Verdi website, accessed 10 June 2015. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Giuseppe Verdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Parker 2001, p. §2; Rosselli 2000, p. 12 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Giuseppe Verdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Budden 1993, p. 71; Parker 2001, p. §2 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Giuseppe Verdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rosselli 2000, p. 12; Phillips-Matz 2004, p. 4 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Giuseppe Verdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Phillips-Matz 1993, p. 17–21; Phillips-Matz 1993, p. 17–21 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Giuseppe Verdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Parker 1998, p. 933 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Giuseppe Verdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Budden 1993, p. 71; "Canti, Giovanni", 2001 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Richard Macnutt, "Canti, Giovanni", Oxford Music Online (2001), doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.04765. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
- Wikipedia, "Giuseppe Verdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rosselli 2000, p. 12 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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