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Alessandro Rolla

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Italian viola and violin virtuoso, composer, conductor and teacher

Person · Open Library

Born
1757
Died
1841
Works
18

Top works

  • Tancredi
  • La selva d'Hermanstadt
  • Il cicisbèo burlato
  • L'equivoco, ovvero, Le bizzarie dell'amore
  • Antigona e Lauso

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Listeners
3,036
Total plays
17,284

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Classicalcomposerviolin19th centuryItaly

Alessandro Rolla (April 22, 1757 - September 15, 1841) is one of those examples of a today neglected musician who nevertheless was widely acknowledged in his time as a violin and, especially, viola virtuoso, composer and teacher and whose contribution to technique, repertoire and history of music is greatly underestimated. Still unknown to the majority of musicians and concert-goers, if remembered, it’s always due to his fame as “teacher of the great Paganini” <a href="https://www.last.fm/music

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Works in European collections

4 objects attributed to Alessandro Rolla, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana