One piece by this composer began as a thirteen-composer collaboration for which he wrote a "Libera me" [LEE bare uh MAY] and was dedicated to Rossini, but that Requiem was initially performed at the funeral of Manzoni.
One piece by this composer began as a thirteen-composer collaboration for which he wrote a "Libera me" [LEE bare uh MAY] and was dedicated to Rossini, but that Requiem was initially performed at the funeral of Manzoni. One familiar theme by him is "Va', pensiero" [VAH pen-see-AIR-oh] for a chorus of Jews, while another is the aria "La donna e mobile" [la don-uh eh MOH-bee-lay] for the Duke of Mantua; those songs are from his operas Nabucco and Rigoletto, respectively. Name this Italian com- poser best known for La traviata and Aida [i EE duh].
One piece by this composer began as a thirteen-composer collaboration for which he wrote a "Libera me" [LEE bare uh MAY] and was dedicated to Rossini, but that Requiem was initially performed at the funeral of Manzoni.
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi