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Giovanni Bottesini |
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Studied with: Luigi Rossi who was
Professor of Double Bass at the Milan Conservatory.
Played for: Primarily a soloist, composer, and conductor. Comment: He was a friend of Verdi, who had him conduct the premier of Aida in Cairo to commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal. Bottesini was also a close friend of the composer Arditi. |
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Instrument: Carlo Antonio Testore made in 1716. He found this bass in a lumber room in Fiando's marionette theatre under a pile of rags. This was a four string bass which he converted to three strings. It has since been converted back to 4. |
Brun, Paul, A History of the Double Bass (France, 1989)
Brun, Paul, A New History of the Double Bass (Villeneuve d'Ascq, Paul Brun Productions, 2000)
Elgar, Raymond, More About the Double Bass (Sussex England, 1963)
Heyes, David, First Bass, Double Bassist Number 1 Spring/Summer 1996
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