Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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This is a chronology of important events in Dante Gabriel Rossetti's life.

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1756 to 1791

Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart (1756-1791)

Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart (1756-1791)

  Mozart was born on January 27th, 1756 into an extremely musically gifted family. By the age of 6 he was writing his first compositions. Leopold Mozart was his Father. He was an instructor, composer and author of a violin playing book which is still in use today. He was employed by the archbishop of Salzburg. Leopold and Anna Maria, emphasized the importance of music in the lives of all their children. Mozart began performing alongside his older sister, Nannerl, who was also musically gifted, but could not take her talents as far as a woman. Mozart was a rare child prodigy and he studied composers like Hadyn and Bach. When he was 26, he married Constanze Weber in August of 1782. They had a successful marriage and had six children, although only two of them survived. Mozart was his most prolific and successful following his marriage. He composed the Haffner and Linze symphonies and five string quartets. Between the years 1784 and 1786, he composed nine piano concertos and three of them are in the opera The Marriage of Figaro. His second opera, Don Giovanni, came out in the year 1787. He created the bulk of his works in his final years. His most famous pieces from this time are Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and the Clarinet Quintet in A. He also wrote three of his 41 sympnoies: Cosi fan Tutte, three piano trios, two piano sonatas, three string quartets, and the Coronation piano concerto. As his health declined in 1790, his work began to slow as well. In 1791, he composed The Magic Flute, the Clarinet Concerto, and the Requiem. Unfortunately, Requiem remained unfinished, because he died in Vienna in 1791, just before his 36th birthday. (292) 

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Amelia Tsering
28 Feb 1783

Birth of Gabriele Pasquale Guiseppe Rossetti

Engraving of Gabriele Pasquale Guiseppe Rossetti
Engraving of Gabriele Pasquale Guiseppe Rossetti

On 28 February 1783, Gabriele Pasquale Guiseppe Rossetti (the father of Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti) was born in Vasto in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Image: From Dante Gabriel Rossetti, An Illustrated Memorial of His Art and Life by H. C. Marillier (1899). This image is in the public domain in the United States as its copyright has expired. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Dino Franco Felluga
10 Apr 1826

Gabriele Rossetti marries

Gabriele Rossetti
Gabriele Rossetti (from Dante Gabriel Rossetti, An Illustrated Memorial of His Art and Life (public domain)

On 10 April 1826, Gabriele Rossetti (Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti's father) marries Frances Mary Lavinia Polidori.

Dino Franco Felluga
17 Feb 1827

Birth of Maria Francesca Rossetti

Maria Francesca Rossetti
Maria Francesca Rossetti (scan from the book: Some Reminiscences of William Michael Rossetti. Vol. II. Publisher: Charles Scribner’s & Son, New York 1906; courtesy of Wikimedia Commons; public domain)

On 17 February 1827,  Maria Francesca Rossetti was born.  Maria Francesca Rossetti (17 February 1827 – 24 November 1876) was an English author. She was the sister of artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti as well as William Michael Rossetti and Christina Georgina Rossetti, who dedicated her 1862 poem Goblin Market to Maria. She was born in London.

Dino Franco Felluga
12 May 1828

Birth of Rossetti

photo of DG Rossetti
photo of DG Rossetti

Birth of Dante Gabriel Rossetti on 12 May 1828 in London, England. 

Dino Franco Felluga
24 Mar 1834

Birth of William Morris

photo of William Morris
Photo of William Morris

William Morris was born on 24 March 1834 in Walthamstow, Essex.

Dino Franco Felluga
Sep 1837

Rossetti attends King's College School

King's College School
King's College School

In September 1837, Dante Gabriel Rossetti started as a student at King's College School.

Dino Franco Felluga
Sep 1842 to Dec 1842

Rossetti residing in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire Coat of Arms
Buckinghamshire Coat of Arms

From September 1842 to December 1842, Rossetti resides at Chalfont-St.-Giles, Buckinghamshire, home of Henry Polydore ("the lawyer").

Dino Franco Felluga
Sep 1848

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood founded

photo of DG RossettiIn September 1848, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The brotherhood reacts, in part, against the use of bitumen, a transparent brown used for depicting exaggerated shadows, aiming instead to reproduce the sharp, brilliant colors found in fifteenth-century art. Image: Portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti: albumen print. This photograph, from 7 October 1863, was reproduced as the frontispiece of: Rossetti, William Michael, Dante Gabriel Rossetti as Designer and Writer. London: Cassell and Company, 1898.

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9 Feb 1849 to Jul 1849

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Feb 1850

“The Blessed Damozel”

Blessed DamozelIn February 1850, publication of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s “The Blessed Damozel.” Image: The Blessed Damozel, oil on canvas, Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University. Completed c. 1871-78. This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

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25 May 1857 to 25 Jun 1857

Pre-Raphaelite Art Exhibit

photo of DG RossettiPre-Raphaelite Art Exhibit, Russell Square, London, from 25 May to 25 June 1857. This was the first exhibition devoted solely to the work of the Pre-Raphaelites. Image: Portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti: albumen print. This photograph, from 7 October 1863, was reproduced as the frontispiece of: Rossetti, William Michael, Dante Gabriel Rossetti as Designer and Writer. London: Cassell and Company, 1898. This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

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Apr 1870

Rossetti, Poems

photo of DG RossettiIn April 1870, Dante Gabriel Rossetti published his first volume of original poetry, marking the start of several decades of renewed lyric experimentation by younger poets like Algernon Charles Swinburne, William Morris, Christina Rossetti, George Meredith, and Gerard Manly Hopkins. Image: Portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti: albumen print, 7 October 1863. This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

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