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Giovanni Battista Grazioli
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baroque19th centuryitalian18th centuryharpsichord
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Giovanni Battista Grazioli (Ignazio) (6 July 1746 – 6 February 1820) was an Italian organist and composer who spent the decisive part of his career in Venice, where he became closely associated with the musical establishment of St Mark’s Basilica (San Marco). Born at Bogliaco di Gargnano on Lake Garda on 6 July 1746, he moved to Venice while still young and studied with Ferdinando Bertoni, then first organist of San Marco. When Bertoni received leave to travel (1781), Grazioli deputised for him, and after the death of the second organist Domenico Bettoni he was elected second organist of San Marco in May 1782. Following the death of Baldassare Galuppi and Bertoni’s promotion to maestro di cappella (January 1785), Grazioli advanced to the first organ and held senior organist responsibilities in the Cappella Marciana; despite repeated attempts, he did not secure the position of maestro di cappella. He remained active in Venice into the late 1810s, and he died there on 6 February 1820. Grazioli’s surviving reputation rests on two complementary strands. As a church musician he composed a large quantity of sacred vocal music, much of which remained in manuscript circulation. At the same time, he cultivated instrumental publication, issuing in Venice several collections of keyboard music: the sources summarised in modern reference literature describe three printed books of sonatas for harpsichord (18 in total across opp. 1–3), and he also published sonatas for keyboard with obb
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Harpsichord Sonata in G Major, Op. 1 No. 11: Adagio (Arr. for Piano by Ignaz Friedman)
272Adagio in G Minor (Arr. I. Friedman for Piano)
213Harpsichord Sonata in G Major, Op. 1 No. 11: Adagio (Arr. I. Friedman for Piano)
94Harpsichord Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro
65Harpsichord Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 1: II. Andantino
46Harpsichord Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 1: III. Allegro
47Harpsichord Sonata No. 6 in D Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro
38Harpsichord Sonata No. 6 in D Major, Op. 1: II. Adagio
39Harpsichord Sonata No. 6 in D Major, Op. 1: III. Allegro
310Harpsichord Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro
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Grazioli: 12 Harpsichord Sonatas Opp. 1 & 2
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Grazioli: Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 1: II. Adagio
12 Harpsichord Sonatas Opp. 1 & 2
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Barchet: Siegfried Carchet - Cellist and Composer
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Paradies, Pescetti, Platti, Galuppi, Grazioli, Scarlatti: Sonate da clevecimbalo
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Friedman: Piano Transcriptions