Giovanni Bottesini
Giovanni Bottesini was born in Crema, and taught the basics of music by his father, who was an accomplished clarinettist and composer. He initially played violin and timpani, but switched to double bass in order to be eligible for a scholarship at the Milan Conservatory. He finished his studies after only four years, and left with a prize of 300 francs which enabled him to purchase an instrument by Carlo Giuseppe Testore.
Bottesini’s career took him around the world as a performer, conductor, and soloist. He spent some time in America after leaving Milan, and worked as principal double bass at the italian opera in Havana, later becoming director there. He first visited England in 1849 and became immensely popular there, frequently returning for tours throughout the rest of his life. He was well-known as a conductor, and was chosen by Verdi to conduct the first performance of Aida in 1871. Bottesini’s compositions for the double bass are well-known today, and performed throughout the world.
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Bottesini — Allegretto Capriccio ‘à la Chopin’: Bogusław Furtok — PDF Sheet Music
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Bottesini — Grande Allegro di Concerto ‘Alla Mendelssohn’: Phoebe Russell — Video Course
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Bottesini — Grande Allegro di Concerto ‘Alla Mendelssohn’: Phoebe Russell — PDF Sheet Music
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Bottesini — Concerto No. 2: Thomas Martin — PDF Sheet Music
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Bottesini — Concerto no. 1: Dominik Wagner — PDF Sheet Music
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Bottesini - Concerto di Bravura: Christian Ciaccio - Video Course
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Bottesini — Concerto di Bravura: Christian Ciaccio— PDF Sheet Music
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Bottesini — Tarantella: Thomas Martin — PDF Sheet Music
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Sivori (arr. Bottesini) — Romances Sans Paroles: Christian Ciaccio — Video Course + PDF Sheet Music
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Sivori (arr. Bottesini) — Romances Sans Paroles: Christian Ciaccio — Video Course
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Bottesini — Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento: Leon Bosch — Video Course + PDF Sheet Music
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Bottesini — Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento: Leon Bosch — Video Course
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Bottesini — Fantasy on ‘La Sonnambula’: Bogusław Furtok — Video Course + PDF Sheet Music
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Bottesini — Fantasy on ‘La Sonnambula’: Bogusław Furtok — Video Course
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Bottesini — Fantasia Beatrice di Tenda: Christian Ciaccio — Video Course + PDF Sheet Music
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Bottesini — Fantasia Beatrice di Tenda: Christian Ciaccio — Video Course
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Bottesini — Fantasia ‘I Puritani’: Takanari Koyama — Video Course + PDF Sheet Music
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Bottesini — Fantasia ‘I Puritani’: Takanari Koyama — Video Course
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Bottesini — Gran Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass: Dominik Wagner — Video Course
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Bottesini — Grande Allegro di Concerto ‘Alla Mendelssohn’: Franco Petracchi — Video Course + PDF Sheet Music
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