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Giovanni Bottesini

Italian composer, conductor, and double bass player

Giovanni Bottesini (22 December 1821 – 7 July 1889) was an Italian Romantic composer, conductor, and a double bass virtuoso.

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Works

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  • Adagio melanconico ed appassionato
  • Allegretto capriccio
  • Allegro di Concerto, "Alla Mendelssohn"
  • Andante Sostenuto for Strings
  • Aria from Verdi's "Il trovatore"
  • Capriccio di Bravura
  • Capriccio for Two Double-basses and Piano, op. 19
  • Concerto a Due Contrabbassi No.1
  • Concerto no. 2 for Double-Bass and Orchestra in B minor
  • Concerto no. 2 for Double-Bass and Orchestra in B minor: I. Allegro moderato
  • Concerto no. 2 for Double-Bass and Orchestra in B minor: II. Andante
  • Concerto no. 2 for Double-Bass and Orchestra in B minor: III. Allegro
  • Contrabass-Polka
  • Double Bass Concertino in C minor
  • Double Bass Concertino in C minor: I. Moderato
  • Double Bass Concertino in C minor: II. Andante
  • Double Bass Concertino in C minor: III. Finale
  • Duetto for Clarinet and Double-bass with Piano Accompaniment
  • Duetto for Clarinet, Double Bass and Orchestra
  • Duo Concertant on Themes from Bellini's "I Puritani"
  • Elegy
  • Elegy no. 1 in D major
  • Elegy no. 2 "Romanza drammatica"
  • Elegy no. 3 "Romanza patética"
  • Fantasia on Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda
  • Fantasia on Bellini's La Straniera
  • Fantasia on Bellini's Norma
  • Fantasia on “La Sonnambula”
  • Fantasia “I Puritani”
  • Finale of Bellini's "La sonnambula"
  • Gran Concerto in F-sharp minor for Double Bass
  • Gran Concerto in F-sharp minor for Double Bass: I. Allegro moderato
  • Gran Concerto in F-sharp minor for Double Bass: II. Andante
  • Gran Concerto in F-sharp minor for Double Bass: III. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
  • Gran Duetto no. 1
  • Gran Duetto no. 1: I. Allegro
  • Gran Duetto no. 1: II. Andante
  • Gran Duetto no. 1: III. Polacca
  • Gran Duetto no. 2
  • Gran Duetto no. 2: I. Allegro
  • Gran Duetto no. 2: II. Andante
  • Gran Duetto no. 2: III. Rondo Allegretto
  • Gran Duetto no. 3
  • Gran Duetto no. 3: I. Andantino
  • Gran Duetto no. 3: II. Presto
  • Gran Duo Concertante for Violin, Double Bass and Orchestra
  • Gran Fantasia on Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor"
  • Gran Quintetto in C minor, op. 99
  • Gran Quintetto in C minor, op. 99: I. Allegro moderato
  • Gran Quintetto in C minor, op. 99: II. Scherzo
  • Gran Quintetto in C minor, op. 99: III. Adagio
  • Gran Quintetto in C minor, op. 99: IV. Finale
  • Grand Duo Concertant for 2 Double Basses and Orchestra
  • Introduction and Gavotte
  • Introduction et variations sur le Carnaval de Venise
  • Introduzione e bolero
  • Meditazione: Aria on G string from Suite, BWV 1068 by J.S.Bach
  • Melodia
  • Melody in E minor
  • Rêverie
  • Serenata from Rossini's "Il barbiere di Siviglia"
  • Tarantella
  • Tarantella in A minor
  • Tutto che il mondo serra
  • Una furtiva lagrima, Romanza on Donizetti's "L'Elisir d'amore"
  • Une bouche aimée
  • Variations on Nel cor più non mi sento from Paisiello's "La Molinara"