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Giuseppe Maria Cambini
12+ albums
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Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini (February 13?, 1746 - 1825?) Italian composer and violinist. Born in Livorno, Cambini first studied violin with Filippo Manfredi. A legend says that after one of his operas flopped in Naples, Cambini and his fiancee left on a ship that was captured by pirates. A rich Venetian recognized Cambini’s talent and purchased his freedom from the pirates. Regardless of the legend, Cambini arrived in Paris some time before or in 1773, and after one of his Symphonies was played at a Concert Spirituel, his music was published as soon as he wrote it, quickly building up an oeuvre of much instrumental music and a dozen operas. Sometimes, however, music of other composers was published under his name, as happened with one Symphony of Joseph Martin Kraus. When Mozart was in Paris, a Concert Spirituel with Mozart’s Symphonie Concertante, K. 297b, was cancelled, and Mozart blamed Cambini (this was part of Mozart’s pattern of badmouthing Italian composers, such as Antonio Salieri). Mozart’s false allegation may have had something to do with the fact that Cambini wrote a lot of Symphonies Concertante. During the French Revolution, Cambini wrote hymns for the revolutionaries, but after the political arena calmed down, Cambini wrote less music and more essays about music, and the popularity of his music quickly declined. (read all) Edit this artist description User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms m
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Wind Quintet No. 1 in B-Flat Major: I. Allegro maestoso
1092Cambini / Arr Barblan: Piano Concerto No. 3 in G Major, Op. 15: II. Rondo
1073Wind Quintet No. 1 in B-Flat Major: II. Larghetto cantabile
774La Marseillaise - Solo Clarinet
515Allegro maestoso
486Wind Quintet No. 2 in D Minor: I. Allegro espressivo
447Wind Quintet No. 3 In F Major: I. Allegro Maestoso
418Wind Quintet No. 1 in B-Flat Major: III. Rondo: Allegretto grazioso
409Wind Quintet No. 2 in D Minor: II. Larghetto sostenuto ma con moto
3810Wind Quintet No. 2 in D Minor: III. Presto ma non tanto
37albums
CAMBINI: Wind Quintets Nos. 1-3 / BRICCIALDI: Wind Quintet in D major
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La Marseillaise (Solo Clarinet)
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Cambini: Wind Quintets, Op. 4 and Trios for Flute, Oboe & Bassoon, Op. 45
Cambini: String Quintets Nos. 1, 4 & 23
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Giuseppe Maria Cambini: Six Duo Op. 4 per flauto e viola obbligata (Paris 1778)
Cambini: 6 Trii Concertanti Op. 45 per flauto, oboe e fagotto
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Cambini: Wind Quintets Nos. 1-3
Cambini: Sei quintetti per flauto, oboe, violino, viola e violoncello
Cambini: 3 Quintetti concertanti, Op. 4 - Briccialdi: Pot-pourri fantastico sul Barbiere di Siviglia
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Cambini: 6 Flute Quartets
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La Carmagnole (5 Variations for Solo Clarinet)
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Musicisti Italiani Contemporanei di Mozart