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and

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. Puccini was born in

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into a Tuscan musical family of at least five generations: his father was Antonio Puccini, his grandfather was Giacomo Puccini (senior), his son was Michele Puccini, and his grandson was the opera composer

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. His works include a piano concerto in B and several dozen piano sonatas. Puccini died in

in 1815.

References

* ''The Puccini companion'', ed. by William Weaver and Simonetta Puccini (New York: W.W. Norton, 994(?), . * ''I Puccini: Musicisti di Lucca, Vol. 5'', dir. by Gianfranco Cosmi (Bongiovanni, GB 2349–2, 2004), Audio CD.

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