Luigi Cherubini
Italy, 1780–1842
Italian-born director of the Paris Conservatoire. His operas Médée and Les deux journées and his requiems set the standard of dramatic seriousness in post-revolutionary France.
MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Luigi Cherubini and 1 artist Luigi Cherubini influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.
Who influenced Luigi Cherubini?
- Christoph Willibald Gluck — Cherubini's dramatic seriousness continues Gluck's reform — the acknowledged model of his Paris operas.
Which artists did Luigi Cherubini influence?
- Ludwig van Beethoven — Beethoven named Cherubini the greatest of his living contemporaries, and Fidelio's rescue-opera form follows Cherubini's model.