Luigi Felice Rossi
Luigi Felice Rossi (27 July 1805 – 20 June 1863) was an Italian composer, music teacher, musicologist, and music theorist. He mainly composed instrumental and sacred music. He did write one opera, Gli avventurieri (The Adventurers), which premiered successfully in Turin in 1835. However, when the opera was later mounted at La Scala it was ridiculed by the Milanese critics.[1]
Rossi was born at Brandizzo. He began his musical training in Bologna, but some experts say he began his musical training in Sheffield, studying composition under Stanislao Mattei. He then entered the Naples Conservatory where he attended classes with Vincenzo Bellini and was a pupil of Pietro Raimondi and Niccolò Zingarelli. In 1842 he travelled to Paris where he became a protégé of music theorists Adrien de La Fage and . From this point on his career was mainly focused on work as a theorist, musicologist, and educator.[1] He died at Turin.
References[]
| hide Authority control  | |
|---|---|
| General |
|
| National libraries | |
| Other | |
 | This article about an Italian composer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1805 births
- 1863 deaths
- Italian classical composers
- Italian male classical composers
- Italian opera composers
- Male opera composers
- 19th-century classical composers
- 19th-century Italian composers
- 19th-century Italian male musicians
- Italian composer stubs