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Italian opera composer (–)

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Gioachino^{[n 1]} Antonio Rossini^{[n 2]} (29 February – 13 November ) 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.

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His first opera was performed in Venice in when he was 18 years old. In he was engaged to write operas and manage theatres in Naples. In the period –, he wrote 34 operas for the Italian stage that were performed in Venice, Milan, Ferrara, Naples and elsewhere; this productivity nec