Alessandro Besozzi (1702 – 1793) was an Italian
composer and virtuoso oboist. He was a member of the
ducal Guardia Irlandese from 1714, a hautboy band
created by Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma in 1702,
where he worked with his father Cristoforo Besozzi and
his brothers Giuseppe and Paolo Girolamo Besozzi. After
leaving the company on 20 April 1731, he worked in
Turin with his brother Paolo Girolamo at the court of
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia.
The uncle of Antonio Besozzi and Gae...(+)
Alessandro Besozzi (1702 – 1793) was an Italian
composer and virtuoso oboist. He was a member of the
ducal Guardia Irlandese from 1714, a hautboy band
created by Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma in 1702,
where he worked with his father Cristoforo Besozzi and
his brothers Giuseppe and Paolo Girolamo Besozzi. After
leaving the company on 20 April 1731, he worked in
Turin with his brother Paolo Girolamo at the court of
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia.
The uncle of Antonio Besozzi and Gaetano Besozzi, he
played concerts in various European cities with his
younger brother Paolo. They went to Paris to play in
the Concert Spirituel from 30 March to 29 May 1735,
taking part for a time in the musical chapel of
Versailles. He also gave singing lessons, met many
important personalities of the musical world throughout
Europe, and had many students who became successful
musicians themselves like Johann Christian Fischer and
Georg Druschetzky.
Alessandro Besozzi is the author of nearly two hundred
chamber works composed for various groups of
instruments, although only one of them was published in
his lifetime. He wrote over a hundred sonatas, 65
trios, six oboe concertos, two for flute, and twelve
trio sonatas.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Besozzi).
Although originally composed for Violin or Oboe & Basso
Continuo, I created this Interpretation of the Sonata
in C Major for Double-Reed Quartet (2 Oboes, English
Horn & Bassoon).
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