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Giovanni Battista Sammartini

Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700–1775) was a composer, organist and conductor.

Also recorded as G. B. Sammartini · Giovanni Sammartini

Giovanni Battista Sammartini

Detail of a portrait of the Italian composer Giovanni Battista Sammartini painted by Donino Riccardi. The painting is housed in Bologna's Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, and is listed as a probable copy of another, lost painting: see entry at http: www.bibliotecamusica.it/cmbm/scripts/quadri/scheda.asp?id=238

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Born
1700 · Milan.
Died
1775 · Milan.
Nationality
Duchy of Milan
Occupation
composer · organist · conductor · musicologist · music educator · chapelmaster
Fields
opera · symphony · sonata · religious music
Movements
Baroque music
Languages
Italian

In this article

  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Notes, references and evidence

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