1755
Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer (died 1824)
Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer (died 1824)
Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer (died 1824)
Giovanni Battista Viotti
Italian violinist (1755–1824)
- Born
- 1755
Giovanni Battista Viotti was an Italian violinist whose virtuosity was famed and whose work as a composer featured a prominent violin and an appealing lyrical tunefulness. He was also a director of French and Italian opera companies in Paris and London. He personally knew Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven.