*1704 IT, Venice
Composer of Classical
Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c. 1704 – 20 March 1766) was an organist and composer. Born in Venice around 1704, he studied under Antonio Lotti for some time. Having spent some time writing operas in and around Venice, he left for London in 1736, becoming director of the Opera of the Nobility in 1737.After having to leave London when hostility arose against Catholic Italians, he returned to Venice in 1745 and became Second Organist at St Mark's Basilica. He died in Venice.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Music Of The Italian Baroque For Flute And Harp | Luigi Boccherini / Anonymous / Domenico Zipoli / Giovanni Battista Pescetti - Suzanna Klintcharova, André Noiret | 1982 | Album |
Harp Recital | Francisco Fernández Palero, Antonio de Cabezón, Jan Ladislav Dusík, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, František Antonín Rössler, Giovanni Battista Pescetti, Marcela Kozíková | 1969 | Album |