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Classical Fact

There is only sketchy information about baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni's early life. It is known that he was the eldest son of a wealthy paper merchant and that the family was very well off. As with any young Venetian man of good breeding, he was thoroughly trained in music. But since Albinoni was financially independent, he saw no need to seek professional employment in music. He was a skilled violinist and he would compose cantatas, operas, sonatas and concerti. His compositions were greatly admired by Johann Sebastian Bach, who used a number of Albinoni's themes in several of his keyboard fugues.