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Oddities and Trifles: The Very Peculiar Music of Giovanni Valentini. Sonatas and canzonas for strings

2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

The Strad Issue: December 2016 Description: Inventive music from a mysterious Italian composer Musicians: Acronym Composer: Valentini Catalogue number: OLDE FOCUS RECORDINGS FCR 904 Giovanni Valentini was born in Venice (or thereabouts) in 1582 (ditto). He worked in the courts of ...

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Oddities and Trifles: The Very Peculiar Music of Giovanni Valentini. Sonatas and canzonas for strings