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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Milan Conservatory alumni, Milan Conservatory faculty, Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni, Arrigo Boito, Giacomo Manzoni, Riccardo Muti, Gian Carlo Menotti, Bruno Maderna, Claudio Abbado, Giovanni Bottesini, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Ludovico Einaudi, Riccardo Chailly, Gianandrea Noseda, Vittorio Giannini, Maurizio Pollini, Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara, Francisco Mignone, Kurken Alemshah, Antonio Cagnoni, Alberto Hemsi, Mario Nascimbene, Riccardo Sinigaglia, Shovkat Mammadova, Alfredo Catalani, Sonia Prina, Franco Faccio, Carlo Rizzi, Francesco Mottino, Roberto Cani, Italo Montemezzi, Riccardo Malipiero, Barbara Frittoli, Alberto Mazzucato, Music Conservatoire "Giuseppe Verdi," Milan, Carlo Yvon, Roberto Cacciapaglia, Dina Barberini, Pietro Abba Cornaglia, Felice Lattuada, Alceo Galliera, Giuseppe Andaloro, Arrigo Pedrollo, Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti, Carlo Vidusso, Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli. Excerpt: Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (Italian pronunciation: 22 December 1858 - 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. Some of his arias, such as "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi, "Che gelida manina" from La boheme, and "Nessun dorma" from Turandot, have become part of popular culture. Puccini's birthplace, seen in 1984 Statue of Puccini in front of his birthplacePuccini was born in Lucca in Tuscany, into a family with five generations of musical history behind them, including composer Domenico Puccini. His father died when Giacomo was five years old, and he was sent to study with his uncle Fortunato Magi, who considered him to be a poor and undisciplined student. Magi may have been prejudiced against his nephew because his contract as choir m...
