Giovanni Valentini (classical era composer)

This article is about the classical era composer. For the baroque period composer, see Giovanni Valentini.

Giovanni Valentini (c. 1750 – 1804) was an Italian classical era composer, poet and painter. He is best remembered for his innovative instrumental music.[1] Among his many works are two operas, La statua matematica and Le nozze in contrasto, the latter of which premiered at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice, in November 1774.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Dolmetsch Online - Composers Biography V". www.dolmetsch.com.
  2. ^ "Opera Composers: V". opera.stanford.edu.
  3. ^ Gustav Schilling: Encyclopädie der gesammten musikalischen Wissenschaften oder Universal-Lexicon der Tonkunst (1842)
  4. ^ Giovanni Valentini; Bertati, Giovanni, 1735-1815 (1780), Le nozze in contrasto dramma giocoso per musica, da rappresentarsi nel Teatro grande alla Scala, l'autunno dell'anno 1780, Milano G.B. Bianchi, regio stampatore, retrieved 11 December 2018{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)