Luigi Boccherini : his life and work / by Germaine de Rothschild ; preface by Norbert Dufourcq ; translated by Andreas Mayor.

Author/creator Rothschild, Germaine de.
Other author Mayor, Andreas, translator.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon New York : Oxford University Press, 1965.
Descriptionxix, 154 pages : facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents 1743-1756. Birth ; Childhood in Lucca ; First lessons ; First concerts -- 1756-1757. Studies in Rome -- 1757-1764. Engagements in Vienna and various journeys -- 1764-1766. Establishment in Lucca ; Disappointment ; Journey to Milan ; Return to Lucca -- 1766-1768. Concert tours ; Stay in Paris -- 1768-1776. Establishment in Madrid ; Efforts to find a patron ; Don Luis ; Failure to find favour with the Prince of the Asturias -- 1776-1785. Marriage of Don Luis ; Establishment at Arenas ; Haydn ; Prince Frederick William of Prussia ; Death of Don Luis -- 1785-1787. Appointment to the chapel royal ; Director of the Benavente-Osuna orchestra -- 1787-1796. Retirement in Madrid ; Did Boccherini visit Prussia? -- 1796-1799. Relations with Pleyel -- 1799-1801. Offer from the Conservatoire in Paris ; Patronage of Lucien Bonaparte -- 1801-1805. Last years and death -- Posthumous opinions of the work of Boccherini.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and index.

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