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Giuseppe Verdi was to opera in the Italian tradition what Beethoven was to the symphony. When he arrived on the scene some had suggested that effective opera after Rossini was not possible. Verdi... took the form to new heights of drama and musical expression. Partisans see him as at least the equal of Wagner, even though his style and musical persona were of an entirely different cast. In the end, both Verdi's popular vein -- as heard in the operas Rigoletto, Il trovatore, and La traviata -- and his deeper side -- found in Aida, Otello, and Falstaff -- demonstrate his mastery and far-reaching development of Italian opera.
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Born in 1813 in the Italian village of Le Roncole near Busseto, Giuseppe Verdi spent his early years studying the organ. By the age of seven, he had become an organist at San Michele Arcangelo. It was there that the young Verdi was an altar boy and, according to myth, his mother saved him from the French in 1814. In 1823, Verdi moved to Busseto and attended the music school run by Antonio Provesi. By the age of 13, he was an assistant conductor of the Busseto orchestra. After finishing the school, Verdi applied for admission to the Milan Conservatory.
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Giuseppe Verdi was born at Le Roncole during Napoleon’s occupation of Italy. Although Verdi presented himself as emerging from illiterate peasants, his father was an innkeeper and his mother a spinner. Verdi’s father Carlo insisted young Giuseppe’s formal education begin at the age of four, when he studied music and other subjects with the local priests. At the age of seven, he received a used spinet and was soon substituting as organist at a local church, a position that he took permanently at the age of nine. At the age of 11, Verdi’s father sent him to Busseto to continue his studies. Oddly, in Verdi’s later life, he tended to hide the consistency and sophistication of his early education and family life, instead choosing to give the impression of a largely self-taught and obscure youth.
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Italian composer of operas Giuseppe Verdi was born on this date in 1813. Among his most famous works are Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Don Carlos and Aida. A fan of William Shakespeare, Verdi wrote operas based on three of his plays: Macbeth, Othello and Falstaff. Verdi hoped to study organ at the Milan Conservatory, but was not accepted to the school, due to what they deemed his inadequate training. He studied privately and was successful at having his pieces performed at La Scala.
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Giuseppe Verdi was born into a family of small landowners and taverners. When he was seven he was helping the local church organist, at 12 he was studying with the organist at the main church in nearby Busseto, whose assistant he became in 1829 when he already had several compositions to his credit.
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