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Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c. 1700 – 15 January 1775) was an Italian composer, violinist, organist, choirmaster and teacher. He counted Gluck among his students, and was highly regarded by younger composers including Johann Christian Bach.
Giovanni Battista Sammartini (born 1700/01, Milan [Italy]—died Jan. 15, 1775, Milan) was an Italian composer who was an important formative influence on the pre-Classical symphony and thus on the Classical style later developed by Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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May 23, 2018 · Giovanni Battista Sammartini [1] (jōvän´nē bät-tēs´tä säm-märtē´nē), c.1701–75, Italian composer. Sammartini lived most of his life in Milan. He was influential in the development of the Classical style of Haydn and others.
Giovanni Battista Sammartini occupied a key position in the development of the symphony. Born in 1701, 31 years before Joseph Haydn, he, like his younger Austrian colleague, has been described as ‘the father of the symphony’, although his name and compositions will be less familiar to listeners.
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Sammartini: Organ concertos, etc./La Risonanza. Not to be confused with his better-remembered, prolific younger brother Giovanni Battista, Giuseppe Sammartini was equally renowned in his day, though more as an instrumentalist.
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Giovanni Battista Sammartini was an Italian composer, violinist, organist, choirmaster and teacher. He counted Gluck among his students, and was highly regarded by younger composers including Johann Christian Bach.
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