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Giuseppe Verdi
Italian opera composer (1813–1901)
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Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (, Italian:[dʒuˈzɛppeˈverdi]; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas.
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He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parma, to a family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the help of a local patron, Antonio Barezzi. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, and Gaetano Donizetti, whose works significantly influenced him.
In his early operas, Verdi demonstrated sympathy with the Risorgimento movement which sought the unification of Italy. He also served briefly as an elected politician. The chorus "Va, pensiero" from his early opera Nabucco (1842), and similar choruses in later operas, were much in the spirit of the unification movement, and the composer himself became e