Verdi, Giuseppe

Period: Romantic

Born: Sunday, October 10, 1813 in Le Roncole, Italy

Died: Sunday, January 27, 1901 in Milan, Italy

Nation of Origin: Italy

Major Works:

Requiem (1874)
Opera:
Rigoletto (1850-1851)
Il Trovatore (1851-1852)
La forza del destino (1861-1862)
La Traviata (1852-1853)
Aida (1870)
Otello (1884-1886)
Falstaff (1889-1892)

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General Bibliography:

Blume, Friedrich, with Norton, M. D. (Translator) and Norton, Herter (Translator), Classic and Romantic Music; A Comprehensive Survey, W. W. Norton & Company, November 1970, ISBN: 0393098680

Einstein, Alfred. Music in the Romantic Era, W. W. Norton & Company, December 1947, ISBN: 0393097331

Rosen, Charles, The Romantic Generation, W. W. Norton & Company, April 1995, ISBN: 0674779347

Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257

Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2004, ISBN: 0195170679

Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, Kennedy, Michael, and Kennedy, Joyce The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 6th Edition, 2012, ISBN: 0199578109


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