The Unlikely Buddha

  Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga was a Spanish composer who was nicknamed " the Spanish Mozart " after he died at the age of 20. He was born on January 27, 1806, in Bilbao, Spain, and he was a child prodigy who began composing music at the age of 5. Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga Arriaga was sent to Paris to study music at the Conservatoire when he was 15 years old. There, he studied with some of the most famous musicians of his day, including François-Joseph Fétis and Luigi Cherubini. Arriaga quickly became a successful composer, and his music was praised by many of his contemporaries. However, Arriaga's life was cut short by tuberculosis. He died on January 17, 1826, just ten days before his 20th birthday. Despite his short life, Arriaga left behind a significant body of work, including three string quartets, a symphony, and a Stabat Mater. His music is characterized by its beauty, its originality, and its mastery of form. Arriaga's death was a great loss for Spanish music. ...

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