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TOMASSO ALBINONI (c. 1674-c. 1745)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 511 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TOMASSO

ALBINONI (c. 1674-c. 1745)  ,
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Italian musician, was born at Venice . He was a prolific composer of operas attracting contemporary attention for their originality, but is more remarkable as a composer of instrumental
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music, which greatly attracted the attention of Bach, who wrote at least two fugues on Albinoni's themes and constantly used his basses for harmony exercises for his pupils .

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