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- one of the greatest opera composers
- born in Italy in 1813 (at the time, the area was under control of the French)
- He showed musical aptitude at a young age.
- At the age of 8, he became the local church’s full-time organist.
- At the age of 20, he moved to Milan to continue to study piano.
- He married Margherita, but both of her children died in infancy, as did Margherita (at the age of 26).
- He wrote 26 complete operas (including Aida, La traviata, Nabucco, and Rigoletto) and many other works.
- He achieved great popularity in his lifetime.
- At is funeral 1901, it is said 200,000 people lined the streets singing Va, pensiero together.
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