Giovanni Battista Fontana

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Giovanni Battista Fontana (c. 1571, Brescia, Italy – c. 1630, Padova, Italy) was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist. He worked in Brescia, Rome, Padova. He died in 1630 during a plague. Nearly all information preserved about him comes from the preface of his posthumously published 18 (sometimes incorrectly stated 12) sonatas (Sonate a 1.2.3. per il violino, o cornetto, fagotto, chitarone, violoncino o simile altro istromento, Venice, 1641). They are among the earliest sonatas of this form, consisting of 6 sonatas for solo violin/cornetto with continuo and 12 sonatas for various instruments. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Perla Barocca: Early Italian Masterpieces

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The Collected Recordings Of Il Giardino Armonico

Early Italian Baroque Ensemble Music

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Cornet Music - Merula, T. / Rore, C. / Gabrieli, A. / Frescobaldi, G.A. / Palestrina, G.P. / Crecquillon, T.

Fontana : Sonate a 1, 2, 3

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Early Italian Chamber Music - Works For Recorder And Basso Continuo

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Fontana: Sonata Quinta

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Il Flauto Dolce: 17th to 20th Century Works for Recorder

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Fontana: Sonate a violino ed altri strumenti

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Telemann / Fontana / Castello: Recorder Chamber Music

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"Quel Lascivissimo Cornetto" -Virtuoso Solo Music For Cornetto

Venezia 1625

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