Cherubini

[ ker-oo-bee-nee; Italian ke-roo-bee-nee ]

/ ˌkɛr ʊˈbi ni; Italian ˌkɛ ruˈbi ni /

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noun

Ma·ri·a Lu·i·gi Car·lo Ze·no·bio Sal·va·to·re

[mah-ree-ah loo-ee-jee kahr-law dze-naw-byaw sahl-vah-taw-re], /mɑˈri ɑ luˈi dʒi ˈkɑr lɔ dzɛˈnɔ byɔ ˌsɑl vɑˈtɔ rɛ/, 1760–1842, Italian composer, especially of opera; in France after 1788.

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Words nearby Cherubini

cherub, cherubfish, cherubic, Cherubicon, cherubim, Cherubini, cherubism, chervil, chervonets, Cherwell, Cheryl

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How to use Cherubini in a sentence

Cherubini, who towers above all of them, was indeed the high-priest of the art, the grand-master of the craft.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
As evidence of the younger master's respect for the older one may be adduced a copy made by Chopin of one of Cherubini's fugues.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
I took some of my exercise books under my arm, to give Cherubini some notion of what Reicha had taught me.
Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music|Charles Gounod
Cherubini offered to take him as a pupil, but his father preferred to bring him up in the musical atmosphere of his own home.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson

At dinner, at the suggestion of the same garrulous talker, the company drink the healths of Goethe and Cherubini.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer

British Dictionary definitions for Cherubini

Cherubini

/ (ˌkɛrʊˈbiːnɪ) /

noun

(Maria) Luigi (Carlo Zenobio Salvatore) (luˈiːdʒi). 1760–1842, Italian composer, noted particularly for his church music and his operas.

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