Giuseppe Marco Maria Felice Blangini (18 November 1781 – December 1841) was an Italian musical composer.

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Blangini was born in

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, where, at the age of 12, he became organist of the cathedral. At 14 he led a mass with a full orchestra. He went to Paris in 1799, and was for several years a successful composer of

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there. His fame, however, rests chiefly on his smaller pieces, which were received with much favor, especially in

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, where he officiated for some time as chapelmaster at the courts of the elector of the Bavarian

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, and of the king of

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. He died in Paris at age 60. Blangini was among the composers involved in the creation of '' La marquise de Brinvilliers''.

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