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Cherubini

American  
[ker-oo-bee-nee, ke-roo-bee-nee] / ˌkɛr ʊˈbi ni, ˌkɛ ruˈbi ni /

noun

  1. Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore 1760–1842, Italian composer, especially of opera; in France after 1788.


Cherubini British  
/ ˌkɛrʊˈbiːnɪ /

noun

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

"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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This year’s Roads of Friendship concert series will launch on July 7 in Ravenna, and feature the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra founded by Muti, the Cremona Ancient Choir as well as Jordanian musicians.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023

Rizzi’s “Medea” had the formality of Gluck, who influenced Cherubini, mixed with hints of the tumultuous “Sturm und Drang” movement to come.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2022

It is understood Mendes was summoned to Juventus' training ground earlier on Thursday for a meeting with senior club figures, including vice-president Pavel Nedved, chief executive Maurizio Arrivabene and sporting director Federico Cherubini.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2021

It includes four concertos by Mozart, which Mr. Tuckwell recorded several times over, two by Richard Strauss, and works by composers as disparate as Cherubini, Bruckner, Brahms, Ravel and Shostakovich.

From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2020

Luigi Cherubini was one such composer, born in Florence but able to flourish in Paris by tiptoeing deftly between opposing camps as political power changed hands before, during and after the Revolution.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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