Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian composer and violinist
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1690
Place of Birth: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Date of Death: 04-Oct-1758
Profession: composer
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello
- Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (also Bressonelli; ca.
- 1690, Bologna – 4 October 1758, Stuttgart) was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist. His name is mentioned for the first time in a document from 1715 in which the Maximilian II Emanuel appointed him violinist in his court orchestra in Munich.
- Soon after, in 1716, after the death of Johann Christoph Pez, he got the job of music director and as a maître des concerts de la chambre at the Württemberg court in Stuttgart.
- In 1717, he was appointed Hofkapellmeister.
- Around 1718, he composed the pastorale opera La Tisbe, which he dedicated to the Archduke Eberhard Ludwig.
- Brescianello did this in vain hope that his opera would be listed at the Stuttgart theatre.
- In the years from 1719 to 1721, a fierce conflict emerged, in which Reinhard Keiser repeatedly attempted to get Brescianello's post.
- In 1731, Brescianello became Oberkapellmeister.
- In 1737, the court had financial problems which led to the dissolution of the opera staff and Brescianello lost his position.
- For this reason, he dedicated himself increasingly to composition and this resulted in his 12 concerti e sinphonie op.
- 1 and some time later the 18 Pieces for gallichone (gallichone here means mandora, a type of lute).
- In 1744, the financial problems at the court diminished and he was reappointed as Oberkapellmeister by Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, mostly "because of his special knowledge of music and excellent skills".
- He led the court and opera music until he was pensioned off in the period between 1751 and 1755.
- His successors were Ignaz Holzbauer and then Niccolò Jommelli.
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