Giuseppe Besozzi (born 1686 in

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– died 2 December 1760 in

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) was an Italian

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. In the eighteenth century the Besozzi family produced several important oboists who worked in

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, Naples,

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and

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. Giuseppe's brothers

Alessandro Besozzi Alessandro Besozzi (born 22 July 1702 in Parma – died 26 July 1793 in Turin) was an Italian composer and virtuoso oboist.From a letter dated 30 July 1777 written by Quirino Gasparini, maestro di cappella of the cathedral of Turin, sent to Fath ...

and Paolo Girolamo Besozzi lived in Turin, and his sons

Antonio Besozzi Antonio Besozzi (1714–1781) was an Italian oboist and composer and also member of an extensive family of musicians from the eighteenth-century Naples. He composed several concertos for oboe and a few quintets, which he called "sonatas", for ...

in Naples and Gaetano Besozzi in Paris and London. Antonio Besozzi's son Carlo Besozzi worked in Dresden and Gaetano's son Girolamo Besozzi, the grandfather of the composer Louis Désiré Besozzi, worked in Paris. The eldest son of

Cristoforo Besozzi Cristoforo Besozzi (1661 in Milan – 22 October 1725, in Piacenza) was an Italian oboist, bassoonist and founder of a large family of wind players very influential around Parma, Naples and Turin for more than 200 years. In 1700, he settled in Pa ...

came to

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in 1701, where he was trained as an oboist. He became a member of the Ducal hautboy band ''Guardia Irlandese,'' created in 1702 by

Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma Antonio Farnese (29 November 1679 – 20 January 1731) was the eighth and final Farnese Duke of Parma and Piacenza. He married, in 1727, Enrichetta d'Este of Modena with the intention of begetting an heir. The marriage, however, was childle ...

, on 1 June 1711.His file in the archives of the Guardia in Parma reads: "1 June 1711 Giuseppe di Cristoforo Besozzi Milanesi, 25 years old, brown eyes, beard." In 1728 he was appointed ''virtuoso suonatore di oboe di SAS'' at the court of the prince. In 1734 he was assigned to the court of the King of Naples, where he worked until 1738 at the age of 52, probably leaving due to problems with his eyes. Thereafter, he devoted himself to teaching.

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