1788-1856 IT, Bergamo
Composer of Classical
Giuseppe Donizetti (6 November 1788 – 12 February 1856) was an Italian musician. Starting from 1828, he was Instructor General of the Imperial Ottoman Music at the court of Sultan Mahmud II (1808–39).His younger brother Gaetano Donizetti was a famous opera composer. Although the elder Donizetti was born in Bergamo, Italy, Istanbul became a second home for him, where he lived until his death in 1856.He is buried in the vaults of the St. Esprit Cathedral, near the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, in Pera.
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Duos Für Bläser | Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, Giuseppe Donizetti, François Devienne - Consortium Classicum | 1980 | Album |