William Michael Rook

(1794-1847)

William Michael Rook (Rourke), author of instrumental and vocal music, was born in Dublino on the 29th September 1794, the same year of the composers Benoist, Bernard, Hüttenbrenner, Kearns, Panny, Schubert. He died in Londra on the 14th October 1847

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Music examples MIDI ed Mp3 of Neoclassical period

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"Amilie, or The Love Test" was performed on the 2nd of December 1837 in Londra (Covent Garden)

"Henrique, or Tje Love Pilgrim" was performed on the 2nd of May 1839 in Londra (Covent Garden)

"Cagliostro" was performed in (?)

"The Valkyrie" was performed in (?)

"La Grand Odalisque" (1814), oil on canvas, 91 x 162 cm, of the painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, contemporary of Rook (Musee du Louvre, Paris)

William Michael Rook

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