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Puccini Sheet Music and Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Giacomo Puccini<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Giacomo Puccini was an Italian composer who was born on 22nd December 1858.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His best known works are from Operas – Madame Butterfly (One Fine Day<\/a>), Gianni Scicchi (O Mio Babbino Caro<\/a>) and Turandot (Nessun Dorma<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was from a very musical family. There were five generations of organists and composers for the Cathedral of San Martino.\u00a0 Sadly, his father died when he was only five years old. However, his position at the Cathedral was kept open for him and Puccini took it at the age of fourteen. Unfortunately he didn\u2019t stay the course so ended the line after two centuries!\u00a0 I am sure that caused some upset in the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personal Life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This section of Puccini\u2019s blog reads a little bit like a soap opera.\u00a0 In 1884, aged twenty four he began an affair with a married woman called Elvira. Elvira had an unhappy marriage as her husband was a notorious womanizer.\u00a0 One day however, her husband’s actions caught up with him as the husband of one of the women he was having an affair with killed him. Around the same time Giacomo, Elvira and their son Antonio had a serious car crash. Giacomo was trapped underneath the vehicle. Fortunately, all three survived and it was at this point that Giacomo and Elvira could marry and legitimise<\/g> their son (whom Elvira\u2019s previous husband had believed to be his own!).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marriage wasn\u2019t the bliss that Giacomo and Elvira had envisaged, and Puccini became quite a ladies man having many affairs.  As a consequence of this Elvira ended up going prison for five months after publicly announcing Puccini\u2019s affair with their maid which lead to her suicide\u2026 (the autopsy revealed the maid died a virgin).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am sure the soap opera continued, but …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to Puccini’s Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Puccini built his reputation after writing Capriccio Sinfonico for his thesis for the Milan Conservatory.  It was performed in 1883 and h<\/g>is teachers Amilcare Ponchielli<\/a> and Antonio Bazzini were extremely impressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puccini\u2019s most renowned works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n