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Giuseppe was born in an itallian village called Le Roncole which is inside the province of Parma.
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he was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church in Latin as Joseph Fortuninus Franciscus.
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Verdi's father took his newborn the three miles to Busseto, where the baby was recorded as Joseph Fortunin François; the clerk wrote in French. "So it happened that for the civil and temporal world Verdi was born a Frenchman
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After spending some years in Milan, Verdi returned to Busseto as town music master. Antonio Barezzi, a local merchant, who had supported Verdi’s ambitions in music while at Milan, extended his helping hands at Busseto as well. Verdi’s first public performance took place at Barezzi’s home in 1830.
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Impressed by Verdi’s talent, Berezzi asked him to teach music lessons to his daughter Margherita. This teacher-student relationship then became more intense as they fell in love with each other and this culminated in their marriage on 4 May 1836.
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The couple had two children Virginia Maria Luigia, born on 26 March 1837and Icilio Romano, born on 11 July 1838. Unfortunately, both their children died in their infancy.
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Icilio Romano, born on 11 July 1838.
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Verdi’s first opera ‘Oberto’ composed in 1839 was a great success.
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18June 1840, Margherita died of encephalitis.
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It was while working on his second opera that his wife expired. This opera, which was given in 1840, was a big flop and Verdi decided to give up his career aspirations in music.
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It was due to Merrelli’s persuasion that Verdi composed Nabucco in 1842, the opening performance of which made Verdi a famous figure in composition.
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1st US bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Wash
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Pope Pius IX recovers Catholic hierarchy in Netherlands
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Women's Right's Convention met (NYC)
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The years between 1855 and 1867 witnessed an outpouring of great Operas. Some important works during this time are Un ballo in maschera (1859), La forza del destino (commissioned in 1861 but not performed till 1862), revised version of Macbeth (1865).
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Verdi and Strepponi got married on 29August 1859 at Collonges-sous-Salève, near Geneva.
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In 1869, Verdi started working on a section for a requiem mass organized in memory of Gioachino Rossini. He was asked to compose this requiem as a collection of sections composed by Rossini’s Italian contemporaries.
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As soon as this opera house opened, the organizers of the opening ceremony approached him again but he turned it down once again. They then warned him that they will approach Charles for the same and soon after this Verdi began to show interest in conducting for the function and signed the agreement in June 1870.
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Five years after the requiem got cancelled, Verdi reworked on his "Libera Me" section in it and made it a part of his Requiem Mass, composed in honor of the famous novelist and poet Alessandro Manzoni. This composition was first performed at the cathedral in Milan in 1874.
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Stabat Mater was his last composition and he completed this work in 1897.
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He had an attack of stoke on 21 January 1901 while at Milan and died six days later, on 27January 1901.
