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Also Known As	Gioachino Antonio Rossini
Born	February 29, 1792 • Pesaro • Italy
Died	November 13, 1868 (aged 76) • Paris • Passy • France • (Died on this day)
Notable Works	“Armida” • “Aureliano in Palmira” • “Cinderella” • “Count Ory” • “Demetrio e Polibio” • “Il viaggio a Reims” • “Otello” • “Semiramide” • “Tancredi” • “The Barber of Seville” • “The Bill of Marriage” • “The Italian Girl in Algiers” • “The Siege of Corinth” • “The Touchstone” • “William Tell”
Movement / Style	Romanticism