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Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Italian composer who wrote The Barber of Seville in something close to two weeks, produced thirty-nine operas by the age of thirty-seven, and then stopped, more or less completely, for the last forty years of his life. Nobody has satisfactorily explained why. He spent the retirement cooking, entertaining, and writing small private pieces he called the sins of old age. The overtures are still everywhere, and he recycled them shamelessly between operas while he was working.

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The easiest Rossini on the shelf, in order. Nothing here is graded and nobody is ranked: the shelf simply puts the pieces that ask less of your hands before the ones that ask more.

The Barber of Seville Il barbiere di Siviglia ossia L'inutile precauzione G major · 1 min William Tell Theme - beginner C major · <1 min William Tell Overture E major · 3 min Canzonetta Spagnuola (En medio a mis colores) D minor · 1 min La Sonata Danza E minor · 5 min

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Where to go next

If you are learning Rossini rather than only reading, the scale pages cover fingering in every key, the chord pages spell out every chord, and the symbol dictionary explains any mark on the page you do not recognise.

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