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Boccherini

American  
[bok-uh-ree-nee, boh-kuh-, bawk-ke-ree-nee] / ˌbɒk əˈri ni, ˈboʊ kə-, ˌbɔk kɛˈri ni /

noun

  1. Luigi 1743–1805, Italian composer.


Boccherini British  
/ bokkeˈrini /

noun

  1. Luigi (luˈidʒi). 1743–1805, Italian composer and cellist

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It even took him to Washington in the summer of 1934 to research and reproduce manuscripts by Vivaldi and other masters of the Italian Baroque like Luigi Boccherini and Muzio Clementi.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2022

Also on the program: works by Vivaldi and Boccherini.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2022

They claim to be string players who want to practice a Boccherini quintet, much to her delight.

From BusinessWeek • Dec. 12, 2011

The killer, played by John Malkovich, reads from his new novel, leaving time for music by Vivaldi, Gluck, Haydn, Beethoven, Boccherini and Weber.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2011

Boccherini carried on a friendly correspondence with him from Madrid, and he was actually made the hero of a poem called "The Art of Music," published there in 1779.

From Haydn by Hadden, J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert)

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