Tomaso Albinoni

Also known as Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

Italian composer and violinist (1671–1751)

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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni was a male composer, violinist, playwright, and writer from the Republic of Venice. Born on June 8, 1671, and baptized on June 14, 1671, he was a citizen of the Republic of Venice and spoke Italian. His musical output included works in the opera and symphony genres, associated with the Baroque music movement. He played the violin.

Albinoni’s notable works include *Filandro*, *La fortezza al cimento*, *L'amor di figlio non conosciuto*, *Il prodigio dell' innocenza*, and *Pimpinone*. He is described in the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.

He died of diabetes from natural causes on January 17, 1751, in Venice. He was buried in St Mark's Basilica.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1671
Died: 1750
Works: 82

Top works

Filandro
La fortezza al cimento
L'amor di figlio non conosciuto
Il prodigio dell' innocenza
Pimpinone

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Italy
Active from: 1671
Active to: 1751

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Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 299,285
Total plays: 1,634,157

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Hierarchical models of object recognition in cortex
· 1999 · cited 2,392x
Prediction of central nervous system embryonal tumour outcome based on gene expression
· 2002 · cited 1,877x
Direct evidence that the VEGF-specific antibody bevacizumab has antivascular effects in human rectal cancer
· 2004 · cited 1,588x
AZD2171, a Pan-VEGF Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, Normalizes Tumor Vasculature and Alleviates Edema in Glioblastoma Patients
· 2007 · cited 1,500x
Multiclass cancer diagnosis using tumor gene expression signatures
· 2001 · cited 1,497x

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Works in European collections

4 objects attributed to Tomaso Albinoni, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (8 June 1671 – 17 January 1751) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. His output includes operas, concertos, sonatas for one to six instruments, sinfonias, and solo cantatas. While famous in his day as an opera composer, he is known today for his instrumental music, especially his concertos. He is best remembered today for a work called "Adagio in G minor", attributed to him but largely written by Remo Giazotto, a 20th-century musicologist and composer, who was a cataloguer of the works of Albinoni.

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