{"product_id":"16309-cherubini-luigi-lock-of-cherubini-s-hair","title":"Cherubini, Luigi. (1760–1842) Lock of Cherubini's Hair","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAn original lock of hair from the great Italian composer, regarded by Beethoven as the greatest of his contemporaries. Tied with a red thread and handsomely mounted and framed together with a handwritten label (translated from the French): \"Lock of hair from Cherubini, given to M. Schlesinger [the music publisher Adolph Martin Schlesinger (1769 - 1838)] January 27, 1831,\" a further handwritten label in German reading \"Lock of Cherubini's Hair,\" and a small oval portrait. Overall size 11.75 x 13.5 inches (30 x 35 cm). Very fine.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThe Italian Classical and pre-Romantic composer Luigi Cherubini is best-known for his operas and sacred music. After studying in Bologna and Milan, Cherubini raveled to London in 1785 where he produced two \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eopere serie\u003c\/i\u003e and an \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eopera buffa\u003c\/i\u003e for the King's Theatre. In the same year, he made an excursion to Paris with his friend the violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti, who presented him to Marie Antoinette and Parisian society. Except for a brief return trip to London and to Turin for an \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eopera seria\u003c\/i\u003e commissioned by King Victor Amadeus III, Cherubini spent the rest of his life in France. During his life, Cherubini received France's highest and most prestigious honors. These included the \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eChevalier de la Légion d'honneur\u003c\/i\u003e (1814) and \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eMembre de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts\u003c\/i\u003e (1815). In 1841, he was made \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eCommandeur de la Légion d'honneur\u003c\/i\u003e, the first musician to receive that title.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093613465759,"sku":"16309","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Cherubini_Luigi_Lock_of_Hair_16309.jpg?v=1722189192","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/16309-cherubini-luigi-lock-of-cherubini-s-hair","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}