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Braga Sheet Music and Biography

Gaetano Braga was a composer and cellist born on 9th June in the southern Italian region of Abruzzi.

La Serenata or Angel&#;s Serenade was a particularly famous piece of Braga&#;s and we have several arrangements on

Braga showed an early talent for music and despite it not being his parent&#;s first choice of career he went to the college of San Pietro a Maiella.

Gaetano braga biography of christopher Memorie del Re del Violoncello , Introduction. Bragadini, Mark Antony d. Happy th Birthday, Alwin! The Italian composer and cellist Gaetano Braga , wrote his earliest musical works in his early teens, while a student of Mercadante at the Conservatory of S.

He displayed such an incredible talent the director of the college had a cello specifically made for him by Nicola Gagliano the violin maker.

Career

Braga began his career as a cellist and performed in Florence, Bologna, Trieste, and Vienna. He then went onto Paris and played compositions by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn.

He was a very popular cellist and also a highly sought-after singing teacher by the artists of Theater Italian.

Braga played with some of the best performers of that time including Liszt, Gounod, Bizet, Saint Saens, Rubinstein, and Bottesini.

He was friends with Giovanni Rossini and dedicated his piece &#;The Adventurers&#; to him.

He wrote Estrella di San Germano for the theatrical organiser Bartolomeo Merelli and it was performed infront of the emporer in Vienna.

When Prince Leopold heard Estrella he commissioned Braga which resulted in the successful performance of Il Ritratto

Braga continued with theatrical opera with successes and failures and as a master of the cello.

Gaetano braga biography of christopher columbus For further information on this composer why not take a look at Wikipedia. It is mentioned in Anton Chekhov 's short story "The Black Monk," as well as in other Russian works of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Then, copy and paste the text into your bibliography or works cited list. Carreno-Sauret piano , M.

Leggenda Valacca also known a La Serenata, Angel&#;s Serenade is still a popular and piece and there is a lovely performance on YouTube if you click on the image below:

Braga purchased a Stradivari cello of in London in which carries his name.

He continued to play it until when he was struck by hemiparesis or weakness down one side of his body.

Braga died in , however, his cello lives on under the fingers of Korean cellist Myung-wha Chung.

Braga Sheet Music Downloads and Further Reading

At we have some arrangements of Gaetano Braga Sheet Music in PDF format for you to download.

For further information on this composer why not take a look at Wikipedia.