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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

Mr. Varga displayed his range in a recital at Town Hall in Manhattan in 1957, performing works spanning three centuries, beginning with Boccherini and concluding with his Hungarian countryman Zoltan Kodaly.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2014

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

From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 12, 2011

Boccherini was the first composer who wrote quintettes with two Violoncello parts.

From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by George Hart

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