Giovanni Valentini (classical era composer)

This article is about the classical era composer. For the baroque period composer, see Giovanni Valentini.

Giovanni Valentini (ca. 1750 – 1804) was an Italian classical era composer, poet and painter. He is best remembered for his innovative instrumental music.[1] Among his many works are two operas, La statua matematica and Le nozze in contrasto, the latter of which premiered at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice, in November of 1774.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ dolmetsch.com
  2. ↑ Opera at Stanford University
  3. ↑ Gustav Schilling: Encyclopädie der gesammten musikalischen Wissenschaften oder Universal-Lexicon der Tonkunst (1842)


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