Andante sostenuto for Strings

Composer: BOTTESINI, Giovanni
  • Bottesini composed his Andante Sostenuto for Strings in Naples.1
  • The manuscript is dated April 13, 1885. During the period in which he wrote this piece, Bottesini was much in demand as a conductor, and also composed many operas.2

Sources

  1. Yngve B. Olsson, liner notes to Bottesini: Gran Concerto in F sharp minor; Gran Duo Concertante, Thomas Martin, double bass, José-Luis Garcia, violin, Emma Johnson, clarinet, English Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Litton, Naxos 8.570397, CD, 2008.
  2. Rodney Slatford, “Bottesini, Giovanni,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed February 25, 2020, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000003691.

Cut IDs

11162