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March 15, 1842
Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (born 1760)
Luigi Cherubini
Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini was an Italian Classical and Romantic composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest living composer of his era. Cherubini's operas were heavily praised and interpreted by Rossini.
March 15
March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 291 days remain until the end of the year.