Domenico Puccini
Domenico Vincenzo Maria Puccini (5 April 1772 – 25 May 1815) was an Italian composer, a contemporary of Muzio Clementi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and Ludwig Van Beethoven.
Puccini was born in Lucca into a Tuscan musical family of at least five generations: his father was , his grandfather was Giacomo Puccini (senior), his son was , and his grandson was the opera composer Giacomo Puccini.
His works include a piano concerto in B and several dozen piano sonatas.
Puccini died in Lucca in 1815.
References[]
- The Puccini companion, ed. by William Weaver and Simonetta Puccini (New York: W.W. Norton, [1994(?)]), ISBN 0-393-02930-1.
- I Puccini: Musicisti di Lucca, Vol. 5, dir. by Gianfranco Cosmi (Bongiovanni, GB 2349–2, 2004), Audio CD.
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