Giovanni Battista Sammartini (jan 1, 1700 – jan 15, 1775)
Description:
He was one of the first to compose symphonies for concert performance; their ancestry was in the Italian opera overtures. As his orchestral and chamber music became known outside Italy, it attracted pupils to Milan, among them Christoph Gluck, who probably studied with him in 1737–41.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1700
jan 15, 1775
~ 75 years