# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luigi-boccherini
# Generated: 2026-08-31T18:42:35.937Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini was born on 19 February 1743 in Italy and matured as a composer somewhat apart from the major musical centers of his time, holding to a galante style even as the Classical era moved around him. He's best known for the minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275), and for the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482) — the latter circulated for decades in a heavily altered version by Friedrich Grützmacher before being restored to what Boccherini actually wrote. His output includes several guitar quintets, among them the Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D (G 448), which ends in a fandango, and the evocative Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid. He died on 28 May 1805, leaving a catalog of chamber music that remained stubbornly his own.