Gioachino Rossini
'''Gioachino and he is so referred to in at least one later document from his early years. In the ''Cambridge Companion to Rossini'', the editor, Emanuele Senici, writes that Rossini spelt the name variously as ''Gioachino'' or ''Gioacchino'' in his early years, before finally settling on the former in the 1830s. The latter spelling is now more usual among bearers of the forename, but Rossini experts generally regard ''Gioachino'' as the appropriate form so far as the composer is concerned. Among the authorities favouring that spelling are the Fondazione G. Rossini in Pisa, the ''Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', and the Centro Italo-Americano per l'Opera (CIAO). |group= n}} Antonio Rossini''', ; .|group=n}} (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces and some sacred music. He set new standards for both comic and serious opera before retiring from large-scale composition while still in his thirties, at the height of his popularity.Born in Pesaro to parents who were both musicians (his father a trumpeter, his mother a singer), Rossini began to compose by the age of twelve and was educated at music school in Bologna. His first opera was performed in Venice in 1810 when he was 18 years old. In 1815 he was engaged to write operas and manage theatres in Naples. In the period 1810–1823, he wrote 34 operas for the Italian stage that were performed in Venice, Milan, Ferrara, Naples and elsewhere; this productivity necessitated an almost formulaic approach for some components (such as overtures) and a certain amount of self-borrowing. During this period he produced his most popular works, including the comic operas ''L'italiana in Algeri'', ''Il barbiere di Siviglia'' (known in English as ''The Barber of Seville'') and ''La Cenerentola'', which brought to a peak the ''opera buffa'' tradition he inherited from masters such as Domenico Cimarosa and Giovanni Paisiello. He also composed ''opera seria'' works such as ''Tancredi'', ''Otello'' and ''Semiramide''. All of these attracted admiration for their innovation in melody, harmonic and instrumental colour, and dramatic form. In 1824 he was contracted by the Opéra in Paris, for which he produced an opera to celebrate the coronation of Charles X, ''Il viaggio a Reims'' (later cannibalised for his first opera in French, ''Le comte Ory''), revisions of two of his Italian operas, ''Le siège de Corinthe'' and ''Moïse'', and in 1829 his last opera, ''Guillaume Tell''.
Rossini's withdrawal from opera for the last 40 years of his life has never been fully explained; contributory factors may have been ill-health, the wealth his success had brought him, and the rise of spectacular grand opera under composers such as Giacomo Meyerbeer. From the early 1830s to 1855, when he left Paris and was based in Bologna, Rossini wrote relatively little. On his return to Paris in 1855 he became renowned for his musical salons on Saturdays, regularly attended by musicians and the artistic and fashionable circles of Paris, for which he wrote the entertaining pieces ''Péchés de vieillesse''. Guests included Franz Liszt, Anton Rubinstein, Giuseppe Verdi, Meyerbeer, and Joseph Joachim. Rossini's last major composition was his ''Petite messe solennelle'' (1863). Provided by Wikipedia
Showing 201 - 220 results of 420 for search 'Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868', query time: 0.05s
Refine Results
-
201
Complete piano edition. by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 2005Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Audio -
202
The thieving magpie. by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 2003Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Audio -
203
Overtures / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 2000Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Audio -
204
Il barbiere di Siviglia ; La cenerentola ; L'italiana in Algeri ; Il viaggio a Reims. by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 2012Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Audio -
205
La Boutique Fantasque : ballet in one act / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 1919Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Musical Score Book -
206
The popular ode to Pope Pius IX / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 1847Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Musical Score Book -
207
To Thee, Great Lord = Dal Tuo Stellato Soglio / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Musical Score Book -
208
In Pianto delle Muse, in morte di Lord Byron = The Weeping of the Muse, on the Death of Lord Byron : canzona for soloists, chorus and piano / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 1976Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Musical Score Book -
209
Lightly treading, onward creeping = ("Zitti, zitti, piano, piano") / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 1860Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Musical Score Book -
210
Sinfonie per organo a quattro mani / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 2009Other Authors:Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Audio -
211
Rossini's The barber of Seville / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 2002Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic eBook -
212
Il Turco in Italia / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 2008Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Audio -
213
Il Barbier di Seviglia / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 2006Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Conference Proceeding Audio -
214
Six sonatas for strings / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 1998Other Authors:Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Audio -
215
L'Inganno felice / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 1992Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Audio -
216
La cambiale di matrimonio / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 1991Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Audio -
217
La scala di seta / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 1996Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Audio -
218
Il signor Bruschino / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 1989Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Audio -
219
Kavatine aus "Die diebische Elster" : für Fagott und Klavier = Cavatina from "The thieving magpie" : for bassoon and piano / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 1987Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Musical Score Book -
220
Kavatine aus "Die diebische Elster" : für Fagott und Klavier / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Published 1987Call Number: Loading…CONNECT
Located: Loading…
Electronic Musical Score Book
Search Tools:
Related Subjects
Operas
Overtures
Orchestral music
Piano music
Masses
Songs (High voice) with piano
Stabat Mater dolorosa (Music)
Excerpts
Songs (High voice) with orchestra
Ballets
Songs (Medium voice) with piano
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra
Suites (Orchestra)
Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra
Symphonies
Sonatas
Vocal scores with piano
String quartets (Violins (2), cello, double bass)
Orchestral music, Arranged
Piano music, Arranged
Requiems
Vocal duets with piano
Waltzes
Agnus Dei (Music)
Band music
Overtures (Band), Arranged
Songs with piano
Vocal music
Analysis, appreciation
Brass quartets (Euphoniums (2), tubas (2)), Arranged