I can say with absolute certainty that I have always been intrigued and totally in love with cultures different from my own. I believe this is because I consider myself an imaginative dreamer who has always wanted changes to happen in the world so that one day it could become as it should have been when the creator of the universe imagined it all those centuries ago. I think the most precious gift that was given to human beings by the creator of the universe, other than the right to live, was when we were blessed with the gift of music, whether we choose to use it to entertain others or simply to listen to the majesty. . The best thing is that the creator did not stop there but also gave us a variety of different music genres and also the possibility of changing them to keep up with the passage of time. For the musical composer essay, I chose to write about a man who in my opinion had the greatest impact on 19th century romantic opera, this master of man was given the name Giuseppe Fortunio Francesco Verdi but was commonly known as Giuseppe Verdi by all those who knew and loved him. This great man was born on 9 or 10 October in the year 1813 in the community of Le Roncole, near a small town called Busseto in the province of Parma, Italy, his zodiac sign is that of Libra. His mother and father were both of Italian descent and their names were Carlo and Luigia Verdi respectively. Now this is where things get complicated. Verdi told every person who spoke to him about his past that his parents were illiterate peasants. Despite this lie that Verdi told them, they later discovered that his parents were not illiterate peasants as he had claimed but were very intelligent individuals who...... middle of paper......oral works. Verdi was not present at the premiere of his choral works because he had suffered a minor stroke. Verdi spent his last years in Milan, rich, authoritarian, but charitable and also often visited by friends and admirers who revered and honored him. Verdi died on January 27, 1901 in Milan, Italy, due to a stroke. Verdi's funeral is still the largest funeral ever in Italian history and was attended by 28,000 people. Bibliography Page1. "Giuseppe Verdi." PBS. PBS and Web. March 21, 2014.2. Forney, Kristine and Joseph Machlis. "The Enjoyment of Music, 11e Shorter: W.W. Norton Study Space." The Pleasure of Music, 11e Shorter: WW Norton Study Space. WW Norton Company, Inc., nd Web. March 21, 2014.3. Giuseppe Verdi." YouTube. YouTube, nd Web. 21 Mar. 2014. .