Biography
Luigi Bassi (1833–1871) was an Italian composer and clarinetist.
Bassi was born in Cremona and studied at the Milan Conservatory under Benedetto Carulli from 1846 to 1853. He was the principal clarinetist of La Scala in Milan. He composed a total of 27 works for clarinet. He wrote 15 operatic fantasies for clarinet, most notably Fantaisie brillante on Verdi's 'Rigoletto'.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Luigi Bassi (clarinetist)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Works with clarinet
- Gran duetto concertato dell'opera La Sonnambula (1867) · free score