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  1. However, it appears he lived on in Venice in obscurity; a record from the parish of San Barnaba indicates Tomaso Albinoni died in Venice in 1751, of diabetes mellitus. [4] He was 79 years old. Music and influence

  2. Died: Jan. 17, 1751, Venice. Movement / Style: Baroque music. Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (born June 8/14, 1671, Venice [Italy]—died Jan. 17, 1751, Venice) was an Italian composer remembered chiefly for his instrumental music. The son of a wealthy paper merchant, Albinoni enjoyed independent means. Although he was a fully trained musician, he ...

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  3. Jul 6, 2021 · From about 1730, Albinoni gradually withdrew from public life and from composition. He spent the last decade of his life in the care of his three children, and he died on 17 January 1751 from diabetic complications in Venice. For more of the best in classical music, sign up to our E-Newsletter.

  4. Meet Tomaso Albinoni - less well known than his contemporary Vivaldi, but still one of the Baroque era's most distinctive voices.

  5. It was from this fragment that Giazotto reconstructed the now-famous Adagio, a piece which is instantly associated with Albinoni today, yet which ironically Albinoni would doubtless hardly recognize. Albinoni died in 1751, in the city of his birth.

  6. Tomaso Albinoni, a composer noted for his oboe concertos, was born (8 June 1671) and died (17 January 1751) in Venice. His father, Antonio, was a wealthy Venetian paper merchant, and Tomaso remained comfortably well off without having to seek posts in the church or at court.

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  8. Mar 15, 2024 · But the piece is, in fact, not by Albinoni at all but by a 20 th-century Italian musicologist named Remo Giazotto. Giazotto claimed to have based the Adagio on a manuscript fragment of Albinoni’s music salvaged from the Dresden State Library shortly after its bombing in World War II.