Tomaso Albinoni
History has been cruel and ironic with Tomaso Albinoni, whose most famous work
in the world, the famous "Adagio", is in fact a deception disguised as a
pastiche. The man who described himself as a "dilettante veneto", practicing
music purely for pleasure, never left the Serenissima where he was born on June
8, 1671. Born into a well-to-do family that made its fortune in playing cards,
the eldest son of Antonio Albinoni and Lucrezia Fabris was able to devote his
youth to the practice of the violin and the study of singing and counterpoint in
complete tranquillity, and to devote hi...
