Blangini, Joseph-Marc-Marie-Félix
(1784–1841)> COMPOSER
Blangini, Joseph-Marc-Marie-Félix (18 November 1784, Turin; December 1841, Paris), composer, sang in the choir of the Turin cathedral and took his first lessons on the cello from the abbé Ottani attached to the cathedral seminary. After finishing his studies in 1800 at Bologna, Blangini determined to journey to France with his sisters, brother, and mother so that he might support his family by giving lessons in Paris. He was invited to enter the Conservatory as a student when he applied for a…