DRAGONETTI, Domenico  (1763-1846)

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Dragonetti, Domenico (Carlo Maria), noted Italian double- bassist; b. Venice, April 7,1763; d. London, April 16, 1846. The “Paganini of the contra-basso’ was self-taught, excepting a few Jessons from Berini, bassist at San Marco, whom he succeeded in 1782; he had already played in the orchs. of the Opera Buffa and Opera Seria for 5 years, and composed concertos with double-bass parts impracticable for anyone but himself. He appeared at London in 1794; with the cellist Lindley, his close friend for 52 years, he played at the Antient Concerts and the Phil. As late as 1845, his virtuosity still unimpaired, he led the double basses, at the unveiling of the Beethoven monument in Bonn, in the C minor Sym. To the British Museum he left a remarkable collection of scores, engravings, and old instruments; to San Marco, his favorite cello (a Gasparo da Salô).