Giovanni Battista Fontana


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– Sun 20 Jul: Workshop for Contemporary Music Termoli (CB) - Italy
– Thu 24 Jul: DI ALTRI ASTRI for Sax alto and Piano (Premiere) Sala Colitto,Termoli,Italy
– Sat 26 Jul: Koorconcert, Tiramisu zomerkoor Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
– Sun 27 Jul: Lines and Waves in Blue Deep for 5 accordions (wp) Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA
– Mon 28 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Astronomical Observatory, Loiano, Italy
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– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008
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– (1947) Benjamin Britten: Premiere of Albert Herring, in Glyndebourne, England.
– (1924) Arnold Schoenberg: Premiere of Serenade op. 24, in Donaueschingen, Germany, with Schönberg conducting.

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Born: ca. 1571 — Brescia (?) — Italy
Died: ca. 1631 — Padua (?) — Italy
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The posthumous volume: "Sonate a 1.2.3. per il violino, o cornetto, fagotto, chitarone, violoncino o simile altro istromento" (Venice, 1641), contains all of his known works.

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Brescian violinist and composer who worked in Venice, Rome, and Padua.

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