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TODAY'S PLAYLIST: Jan 31, 2006 4:53am (Click for full day)

4:52am PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
5:30am SCHUBERT: Des Teufels Lustschloss (The Devil's Pleasure Palace): Overture, D 84
5:39am TORELLI: Sinfonia for 4 Trumpets, Oboe, Strings and Timpani




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Lotti, Antonio

( born: Venice or Hanover, c. 1667; died: Venice, 5 Jan 1740). Italian composer. A pupil of Legrenzi in Venice, he became an organist at St Mark's in 1690, eventually becoming maestro di cappella (1736). He also taught at the Ospedale degli Incurabili (Galuppi was one of his pupils); he wrote sacred music for both institutions. From 1692 he composed operas, mostly serious: he presented c. 30, the last four (1717-19) in Dresden. His large output includes oratorios, secular cantatas, duets, madrigals, instrumental pieces and numerous masses, motets and psalms. Most of his sacred choral works have no orchestral accompaniment; many, such as a Miserere of1733, remained in use long after his death. His output bridges the late Baroque and early Classical styles and his late works are notable for their elegance and skilful counterpoint.

Note: Concise Grove, based on the 20-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, was published in 1988. For more contemporary information and updated listings, the New Grove II, published in January 2001, is available in printed and online versions: http://www.grovemusic.com/.

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