Giovanni Battista Martini

Giovanni Battista or Giambattista Martini, O.F.M. Conv. (24 April 1706 – 3 August 1784), also known as Padre Martini, was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar, who was a leading musician, composer, and music historian of the period and a mentor to Mozart.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Martini, Giovanni Battista". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 800–801.

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Sadie, S. (ed.) (1980) The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, [vol. # 11].

Elisabetta Pasquini, Gimbattista Martini. Palermo, L'Epos, 2007. 978-88-8302-343-9

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More information, including full text, of Martini's in the University of North Texas Music Library's Virtual Rare Book Room

Storia della musica

at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

Free scores by Giovanni Battista Martini

in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)