Giovanni Battista Sammartini worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.
The record lists Giovanni Battista Sammartini as Italian composer.
Giovanni Battista Sammartini was born at Milan in 1700. His recorded nationality is Duchy of Milan.
Music then was written to commission, for a court, a church or a patron, and a composer's freedom was bounded by whoever paid.
He worked as composer, organist and conductor.
The instruments recorded are organ and violin.
His work is classed as opera, symphony and sonata.
A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.
That the work came out of Duchy of Milan shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Giovanni Battista Sammartini died in 1775, aged 75. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: organ and violin
- Genres: opera, symphony and sonata
