SAMMARTINI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA

jōvänˈnē bät-tēsˈtä säm-märtēˈnē, c.1701–75, Italian composer. Sammartini lived most of his life in Milan. He was influential in the development of the Classical style of Haydn and others. Stylistically advanced, he contributed to the growth of classical form, especially of the symphony. Gluck studied with him. Sammartini's brother Giuseppe (1695–1750) was also a composer.

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The Sonata in the Classic Era - Vol. 2
Book by William S. Newman; University of North Carolina Press, 1963
Subjects: Classicism In Music, Composers, Music--18th Century--History And Criticism, Sonata
...Giovanni Battista Sammartinis published sonatas...pre-Classic phase are G. B. Sammartini, Boccherini, Soler, J. Stamitz...influences as with Galuppi or the Sammartini brothers . 10 In order to...
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Companion to Baroque Music
Book by Julie Anne Sadie; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Music--17th Century--History And Criticism, Music--18th Century--History And Criticism
...worked with him, though neither achieved their fathers greatness. From 1685 Francesco lived in Modena. Sammartini, Giovanni Battista 1700/01- 75 . Important Milanese composer of sacred vocal and orchestral music. In contrast to his...
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A History of the Oratorio - Vol. 3
Book by Howard E. Smither; University of North Carolina Press, 1987
Subjects: Oratorio
...Gesu bambino adorato 1726 . 72 Giovanni Battista Sammartini was the maestro di cappella for this confraternity...benefit the poor of the Congregazione di San Giovanni Battista. 150 The work staged was Pietro Alessandro...
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The Birth of the Orchestra: History of an Institution, 1650-1815
Book by John Spitzer, Neal Zaslaw; Oxford University Press, 2004
Subjects: Orchestra--History
...1587), quotedin Strahle, Early Music Dictionary, 258. 31 Dispozizzioni dei musici for Santa Beatrice dEste by Giovanni Battista Lulier. Transcribed in Adriano Cavicchi, Prassi esecutiva (IV Tavola Rotonda), in Studi corelliani: 1 Congresso...
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A History of Western Music
Book by Donald Jay Grout, Claude V. Palisca; W. W. Norton, 2001
Subjects: Music--History And Criticism
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Sammartini, Giovanni Battista
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAMMARTINI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA jovan ne bat-tes ta sam-marte ne, c.1701 75, Italian composer. Sammartini lived most of his life in Milan...symphony. Gluck studied with him. Sammartinis brother Giuseppe (1695 1750) was...


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