Giovanni Battista San Martini

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Giovanni Battista San Martini (better known as Giovanni Battista Sammartini) was an 18th-century Italian composer and influential early symphonist whose work helped shape the development of the Classical style.

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instanceOf cellist
composer
conductor
human
music teacher
organist
violinist
activeIn Lombardy
Milan
alsoKnownAs Giambattista Sammartini
Giovanni Battista Sammartini
J. B. Sammartini
birthName Giovanni Battista Sammartini
burialPlace Milan
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Milan
Italy
dateOfBirth circa 1700
possibly 1701
dateOfDeath 1775-01-15
educatedAt Milan Cathedral musical establishment
era 18th century
ethnicGroup Italian
gender male
genre chamber music
concerto
opera
sacred music
symphony
influenced Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Christian Bach
Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
early Classical symphonic style
influencedBy Alessandro Scarlatti
Antonio Vivaldi
Arcangelo Corelli
knownFor being an early symphonist
development of the symphony from opera overture
helping shape the Classical style
languageOfWork Italian
Latin
movement Classical period
galant style
pre-Classical style
notableStudent Christoph Willibald Gluck
notableWork Sinfonia in D major (J-C 14)
Sinfonia in F major (J-C 32)
early symphonies in three movements
occupation Kapellmeister
church musician
composer
instrumentalist
placeOfBirth Milan
placeOfDeath Milan
positionHeld maestro di cappella at Sant’Ambrogio, Milan
maestro di cappella at various Milanese churches
style clear thematic contrast
early sonata-form procedures
homophonic textures
periodic phrasing
workCount numerous chamber works
numerous concertos
numerous sacred vocal works
over 60 symphonies (approximate)

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Giovanni Battista Sammartini alternativeName Giovanni Battista San Martini