Giovanni Bottesini (22 December 1821 – 7 July 1889) was an Italian Romantic composer, conductor, and a double bass virtuoso. Born in Crema, Lombardy, he...

Concerto No. 2 in B Minor is a work for double bass and orchestra by Giovanni Bottesini. The piece runs approximately 20 minutes. Double Bass Concerto No...

première there on 24 December 1871, in a performance conducted by Giovanni Bottesini. Today the work holds a central place in the operatic canon, receiving...

compositions by Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889). A new comprehensive catalogue can now be found on the Bottesini Urtext website bottesiniurtext.com/bottesini-s-catalogue...

bassist Giovanni Bottesini was considered the "Paganini of the double bass" of his time, a reference to the violin virtuoso and composer. Bottesini's bass...

his death. Towards the end of his musical career, Boito succeeded Giovanni Bottesini as director of the Parma Conservatory after the latter's death in...

(1602-1676), composer Giovanni Giacomo Barbelli (1604–1656), painter Lodovico Benvenuti (1899–1966), politician Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889), composer...

opera, Ero e Leandro, but destroyed it. His libretto was later set by Giovanni Bottesini (1879) and Luigi Mancinelli (1897). Francisco Quevedo mentions Leander...

guitar, Ignace Gibsone and Louis Moreau Gottschalk for piano, and Giovanni Bottesini for double bass. Chopin's "Souvenir de Paganini", dedicated to the...

bass virtuoso Giovanni Bottesini. The piece was premiered in Venice in 1844 by Bottesini and Giovanni Arpesani. Arpesani and Bottesini were both former...

fee" from others. He got some help from Pietro Bottesini, the father of double-bass player Giovanni Bottesini and himself a clarinet professor. Pietro worked...

Caprice Fantastique Op. 1 Francisco Asenjo Barbieri – Il Buontempone Giovanni Bottesini – Cristoforo Colombo Friedrich von Flotow – Martha Ivar Hallstrom...

William A. Huntley Ján Levoslav Bella – String Quartet No. 2 in C minor Giovanni Bottesini – Gran Duo Concertante Johannes Brahms Tragic Overture Academic Festival...

Historical double bassists such as Domenico Dragonetti (1763–1846) and Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889) established a tradition for playing the instrument that...

"magnificent soprano." She, along with a few other Italians including Giovanni Bottesini, were in Mexico to take part in the first performance of the recently...

(Tchaikovsky) Robert Volkmann – Overture to Shakespeare's Richard III, Op.68 Giovanni Bottesini – Ali Baba premiered 18 January at the Lyceum in London Johann Strauss...

(Cherubini), 1833 opera by Luigi Cherubini Alì Babà, an 1871 opera by Giovanni Bottesini Ali-Baba (Lecocq), 1887 opera by Charles Lecocq Ali Baba (TV series)...

(ricochet and spiccato), and using more harmonics around the instrument. Giovanni Bottesini, was known as the Paganini of double bass, a nineteenth century bass...

(1818–1897) Giulio Briccialdi (1818–1881) Cesare Ciardi (1818–1877) Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889) Giuseppe Apolloni (1822–1889) Luigi Arditi (1822–1903)...

May 30 – Silverio Franconetti, flamenco singer (b. 1831) July 7 – Giovanni Bottesini, double bass player and composer (b. 1821) July 14 – Elma Ström, Swedish...

the double bass. He was twice awarded prizes for his recordings of Giovanni Bottesini's work, and he has been principal in many orchestras of importance...

Rêverie (Russian: Дума), an 1865 piano work by Mussorgsky Rêverie by Giovanni Bottesini, c. 1870 Rêverie, a piano piece by Debussy, c. 1895 Rêverie (Scriabin)...

became popular with its adoption in the 19th century by virtuoso Giovanni Bottesini. Both are found in the orchestra, though typically an individual bass...

and the Palermo Conservatory. The composer Arrigo Boito succeeded Giovanni Bottesini as director of the Parma Conservatory in 1889; serving in that post...

Koerner Wright, mother of the Wright Brothers (b. 1831) July 7 – Giovanni Bottesini, Italian conductor, composer and virtuoso double bass player (b. 1821)...

prize in the All-Soviet Union Student Competition in 1984 and in the Giovanni Bottesini International Competition in Parma, Italy in 1989. He was principal...

1509–1511) George Botsford (1874–1949) Hans Bottermund (1892–1949) Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889) Marianna Bottini (1802–1858) Linda Bouchard (born 1957)...

1509–1511) Luigi Bottazzo (1845–1924) Cosimo Bottegari (1554–1620) Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889) Giulio Cesare Brero (1908-1973) Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello...

Jan Zach (1762) Hector Berlioz (1837) João Domingos Bomtempo (1820) Giovanni Bottesini (1877) Johannes Brahms (1865–68) Anton Bruckner, Requiem in D minor...

a double bassist has long been overshadowed by his contemporary, Giovanni Bottesini. Negri's concert works remained unpublished during his lifetime and...