Allessandro Besozzi
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Alessandro Besozzi was an Italian
composer
and virtuoso
oboist
.
He lived at the court of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
in Turin
and played concerts in various European cities with his brothers Antonio and Girolamo. He wrote many concerto
s, but only one of them was published in his lifetime. Besozzi is also the author of about a hundred of chamber works
, composed for various groups of instruments. He had many students that became successful musicians themselves, like Johann Christian Fischer
and Georg Druschetzky
.
Italy
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composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and virtuoso
Virtuoso
A virtuoso is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability in the fine arts, at singing or playing a musical instrument. The plural form is either virtuosi or the Anglicisation, virtuosos, and the feminine form sometimes used is virtuosa...
oboist
Oboist
An oboist is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the cor anglais, oboe d'amore, shawm and oboe musette....
.
He lived at the court of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
Charles Emmanuel III was the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 until his death.-Biography:...
in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
and played concerts in various European cities with his brothers Antonio and Girolamo. He wrote many concerto
Concerto
A concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...
s, but only one of them was published in his lifetime. Besozzi is also the author of about a hundred of chamber works
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
, composed for various groups of instruments. He had many students that became successful musicians themselves, like Johann Christian Fischer
Johann Christian Fischer
Johann Carl Christian Fischer was a German composer. Employed as a music copyist and theatre director for the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at Ludwigslust, Fischer is now credited with the unique Symphony with Eight Obbligato Timpani, formerly attributed to Johann Wilhelm Hertel, court composer at...
and Georg Druschetzky
Georg Druschetzky
Jiří Družecký was a Bohemian composer, oboist, and timpanist.He studied oboe with the noted oboist and composer Carlo Besozzi in Dresden. He then joined the band of an infantry regiment in Eger, with which he was later stationed in Vienna, Enns, Linz, and Branau. In 1777 he was certified as a...
.
Works
- Six Trio sonatas for flute, viola with basso continuo for harp or cello (London, 1747)
- 12 Sonatas for two oboes (composed together with the brother Gerolamo)
- Six pieces for flute, oboe and viola, op. 2 (Paris, 1740)
- Six pieces for flute, oboe or viola, with basso continuo for harp or cello, op. 3 (London, 1750)
- Six sonatas for 2 violas and basso continuo for harp, op. 4 (London, 1760)
- Six sonatas for 2 violas or 2 flutes with basso continuo, op. 5 (London, 1764)
- Six Suonate mises au jour per Canavasse
- Six sonatas for viola solo and basso continuo
- 12 Trio for 2 transverse flutes and harpsichord
- Sonata a 2 for oboe and basso
- Trii delli Sig.ri Fratelli Besuzzi di Torino for 2 flutes con basso
- Sonata a tre for transverse flute, viola and basso
- 8 Sonatas for 2 violas and cello
- Trio for 2 violas with basso
- Six Trios for 2 violas and cello
- Sonata da camera for 2 violas and basso
- Six Sonatas for 2 violas and basso
- Canzonette for soprano with basso
- Sonata a tre for 2 violas and basso
- Trio for 2 transverse flutes or viola and basso
- Two Sonata da camera
- Six Trios for 2 violas or oboe instead of the first violin and basso