Giuseppe Andreoli (7 July 1757 – 20 December 1832)[1] was a Milanese contrabassist.
Born in Milan, Andreoli was a member of the orchestra of La Scala. He was also proficient on the harp.[2] He became the first professor of bass at the Milan Conservatory in 1808.[3]: 8
He was the first teacher who promoted the three-finger system developed by Bonifazio Asioli in his treatise Elementi per il Contrabasso con una Nuova Maniera di Digitare (1823), which flourished in Italy by the mid-nineteenth century.[3]: 8–9
According to an 1840 letter from Paganini, Andreoli played an Amati bass,[4] which had three strings, tuned in fourths.[3]: 8
The bassist was not related to the Andreoli family of pianists, who taught at the Milan Conservatory, including Carlo Andreoli and Guglielmo Andreoli.[2]
References
edit- ^ de Bekker, L. J. (1925). De Bekker's Music and Musicians. New York: Nicholas L. Brown. p. 20.
- ^ a b Grove, George, ed. (1900). . A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan and Company.
- ^ a b c Saunders, Ian S. (2016). Representative Works From the Italian, French, and American Schools of Double Bass Playing (PDF) (DMA). University of Maryland. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Sackman, Nicholas (2021). "Paganini's instrument legacy" (PDF). p. 12.
Notes
edit- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Grove, George, ed. (1900). . A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan and Company.
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