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| Composers Biography |
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Giovanni Bottesini
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| Italian conductor, composer and virtuoso double bass player, Bottesini was known as the Paganini of this instrument and he significantly extended its technical possibilities. He conducted the first performance of Verdi's opera "Aida" in Cairo in 1871. As a composer he won success with at least ten of his own operas. 
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Bottesini's compositions include a number of double bass concertos, some for double bass and piano, as well as works for solo violin and double bass and for two double basses. His Metodo completo per contrabasso is an important addition to the pedagogical literature of the instrument. In 1849 Bottesini played the cello part in London in a quintet by George Onslow. His own chamber music includes a Gran Quintetto for two violins, viola, cello and double bass. He wrote eleven string quartets and arranged his Second Double Bass Concerto for solo instrument and string quartet.
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The Operas of Giovanni Bottesini |
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