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Lodovico Giustini
12+ albums
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Lodovico Giustini (12 December 1685 – 7 February 1743) was an Italian composer and keyboard player of the late Baroque and early Classical eras. He was the first composer ever to write music for the piano. Giustini was born in Pistoia, of a family of musicians which can be traced back to the early 17th century; coincidentally he was born in the same year as Bach, Scarlatti, and Handel. Giustini's father was organist at the Congregazione dello Spirito Santo, a Jesuit-affiliated group, and an uncle, Domenico Giustini, was also a composer of sacred music. In 1725, on his father's death, Giustini became organist at the Congregazione dello Spirito Santo, and acquired a reputation there as a composer of sacred music: mostly cantatas and oratorios. In 1728 he collaborated with Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari on a set of Lamentations which were performed that year. In 1734 he was hired as organist at S Maria dell'Umiltà, the Cathedral of Pistoia, a position he held for the rest of his life. In addition to playing the organ at both religious institutions, he performed on the harpsichord at numerous locations, often in his own oratorios. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Sonata No. 5 in D Major
1262Sonata No. 11 in E Major
105312 Sonate da cimbalo di piano e forte detto volgarmente di martelletti, Op. 1: Sonata No. 1 in G Minor: II. Corrente: Allegro
35412 Sonate da cimbalo di piano e forte, Op. 1 No. 10 in F Minor: III. Alemanda: Grave e Affettuoso
35512 Sonate da cimbalo di piano e forte detto volgarmente di martelletti, Op. 1: Sonata No. 1 in G Minor: I. Balletto: Spiritoso, ma non presto
296Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 1: II. Corrente. Allegro
267Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 1: III. Sarabanda. Grave
18812 Sonate da cimbalo di piano e forte detto volgarmente di martelletti, Op. 1: Sonata No. 1 in G Minor: V. Minuet: Affetuoso
189Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 1: I. Balletto. Spiritoso, Ma Non Presto
171012 Sonate da cimbalo di piano e forte, Op. 1 No. 2 in C Minor: I. Grave
17albums
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The Portuguese Fortepiano: 18th-Century Iberian Keyboard Music
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Giustini: Piano Sonatas
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Giustini: 12 Sonate da cimbalo di piano e forte detto volgarmente di martelletti, Op. 1
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Giustini: 12 Sonate da Cimbalo di Piano e Forte
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Giustini: 12 Sonatas, Op. 1
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Lodovico Giustini: Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 1: V. Minuet. Affettuoso
Piano e forte
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12 Sonate da Cimbalo di piano e forte
Fortepiano Sonata No. 1 g-moll
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12 Sonate CD3
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Discovering The Piano
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Fortepiano Sonata No. 2 c-moll