Luigi Antonio Sabbatini
Italian composer
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| Intro | Italian composer | |
| Places | Italy | |
| was | Musician Musicologist Composer Music theorist | |
| Work field | Academia Music | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1732, Albano Laziale, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy | |
| Death | 29 January 1809Padua, Province of Padua, Veneto, Italy (aged 77 years) |
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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.