Tuesday, April 12, 2011

TOMASO GIOVANNI ALBINONI: ADAGIO IN G MINOR.

From Tomaso Albinoni, famous Venetian Baroque composer much admired by Johann Sebastian Bach.


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There is some ambiguity with regards to the authorship of this piece, since its composer was actually the 20th century Italian musicologist Remo Giazotto. He claimed however that it was based on a sonata by Albinoni, which he found right at the end of WWII in the archives of the Saxon State Library.

Whoever owns the most credit, this is a magnificent piece by a...

... Dead White Male.



MFBB.

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