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Luigi Bassi (clarinetist)
Italian composer and clarinetist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luigi Bassi (1833–1871) was an Italian composer and clarinetist.
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Bassi was born in Cremona and studied at the Milan Conservatory under Benedetto Carulli from 1846 to 1853.[1] He was the principal clarinetist of La Scala in Milan.[2] He composed a total of 27 works for clarinet.[1] He wrote 15 operatic fantasies for clarinet, most notably Fantaisie brillante on Verdi's 'Rigoletto'.[2]