About Paolo Girolamo Besozzi
Lived 1704 – 1778 (aged 73–74). Paolo Girolamo Besozzi was an Italian oboist, composer and bassoonist.
Paolo Girolamo Besozzi (17 April 1704 – 1778) was an Italian oboe virtuoso and bassoonist who devoted his life to the study of the bassoon and oboe. He was born in Parma. Together with his brothers Giuseppe and Alessandro Besozzi, he took part from June 1714 in the ducal hautboy band Guardia Irlandese, and remaining in service until his nephew Antonio Besozzi succeeded him on 30 December 1727. According to a letter of Leopold Mozart dated 28 May 1778, he would have died in Turin in 1778.
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Oboist and bassoonist
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Paolo Girolamo Besozzi was born on 17 April 1704.
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Paolo Girolamo Besozzi died in 1778.
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Paolo Girolamo Besozzi was an oboist, composer and bassoonist.
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Paolo Girolamo Besozzi was Italian.
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