Giovanni Battista Sammartini Italy

Biography

Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700/1701 – 17th January 1775) was an Italian composer, organist, choirmaster, and teacher. Sammartini was born to French emigrant and oboist Alexis Saint-Martin and Girolama de Federici in Milan, in what was Austria during most of his lifetime and Italy today. He was the seventh of eight children. He received musical instruction from his father and wrote his first work in 1725, which was a set of vocal works (now lost).

Popular Songs

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  Sinfonia in D major, JC17: I. Spiritoso assai

  The Late Symphonies, Volume 2
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  Quintet No. 3 in G major: I. Allegrino

  Quintetti e Quarteti (Ensemble Aglaia feat. violin: Cinzia Barbagelata, violin: Simona Gilardi, violin: Chiara Del Turco, alto: Francesco Lattuada, cello: Jorge Alberto Guerrero)

  121 BPM
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  Symphony in F major, J-C 36: II. Andante

  Six Symphonies

  102 BPM
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  Il pianto delle pie donne, cantata for soprano, alto, tenor & orchestra, J-C 118: Aria: 'Sembianze squallide'

  Il pianto delle pie Donne / Pianto di Maddalena al Seprolcro

  74 BPM
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  Concertino a quattro in E flat major: III. Allegrissimo

  Quintetti e Quarteti (Ensemble Aglaia feat. violin: Cinzia Barbagelata, violin: Simona Gilardi, violin: Chiara Del Turco, alto: Francesco Lattuada, cello: Jorge Alberto Guerrero)

  147 BPM

Discography

The Late Symphonies, Volume 2

2010

The Late Symphonies, Volume 1

2008

Six Symphonies

2005

Il pianto delle pie Donne / Pianto di Maddalena al Seprolcro

2001

Quintetti e Quarteti (Ensemble Aglaia feat. violin: Cinzia Barbagelata, violin: Simona Gilardi, violin: Chiara Del Turco, alto: Francesco Lattuada, cello: Jorge Alberto Guerrero)

1997