Luigi Antonio Sabbatini

Luigi Antonio Sabbatini (1732, Albano Laziale, Italy – January 29, 1809, Padova, Italy) was an Italian composer and music theorist. He studied music at Bologna in the Franciscan Monastery, under Father Giovanni Battista Martini. He published a textbook on the theoretical elements of music, in 1789, in three volumes, a treatise on fugues, in 1802. He also contributed to the use of numerical signatures of musical harmony. In May 1807, he was elected to the Accademia Italiana.[1]

Bibliography
  • Sabbatini, LA. Trattato Sopra le Fughe Musicali. Venezia, 1802.
  • Sabbatini, LA. Elementi Teorici della Musica. Roma, 1789–1790.
  • Sabbatini, LA. La Vera Idea degli Musicali Numeriche Signature, Diretta al Giovane Studioso dell'Armonia. Venezia, 1799.

Notes
  1. "Sabbatini, Luigi Antonio" Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians (fifth edition) St. Martin's Press, New York, volume 7, page 345,


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