Pugni, Cesare
Composer Information
Cesare Pugni (31 May 1802–26 January [O.S. 14 January] 1870) was an Italian composer of ballet music, a pianist and a violinist. In his early career he composed operas, symphonies, and various other forms of orchestral music. Pugni is most noted for the ballets he composed for Her Majesty's Theatrein London (1843–1850), and for the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres in St. Petersburg (1850–1870).Cesare Pugni is the most prolific composer of ballet music, having composed close to 100 known original scores for the ballet and adapting or supplementing many other works. He composed a myriad of incidental dances such as divertissements and variations, many of which were added to countless other works. [source from Wikipedia]
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