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GIULIANI, Mauro

Born in Bisceglie, near Bari, July 27, 1781
Died in Naples, May 8, 1829

  • Giuliani was a guitar virtuoso who hailed from Italy but spent much of his career in Vienna. Giuliani was primarily a composer for the guitar, and his work attracted more interest outside Italy.1
  • Fun fact: Giuliani also played the cello, and as a cellist he was part of the all-star cast who premiered Beethoven’s 7th Symphony on December 8, 1813, under Beethoven’s direction. (Other performers included Viennese musical celebrities like Hummel and Spohr.)2 The concert was a benefit for Austrian and Bavarian soldiers wounded in the Napoleonic Wars.3

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Sources

  1. Thomas F. Heck, “Giuliani, Mauro,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed October 9, 2019,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000011230.
  2. Ibid.
  3. Betsey Schwarm, “Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92,” Encyclopædia Brittanica (August 03, 2017), accessed February 11, 2020, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Symphony-No-7-in-A-Major-Opus-92.

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