Giuseppe (Francesco Gabriele Patrizio Gaspare) Gariboldi (17 March 1833,

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– 12 April 1905,

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) was an Italian

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and composer. In 1856, after studies with Giuseppe D'Aloe, he moved to Paris, where he worked as a composer and flute virtuoso. From 1859 to 1861, he concerted in Belgium, Netherlands, England and Austria. During the Franco-Prussian War, in 1870, he worked in the

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. From 1871 to 1895, he taught flute and composition at the college Rollen (now Lycée Jacques-Decour) in Paris. In 1905, he returned with his family in Italy. His works include numerous flute pieces (both solo and with piano accompaniment). A few of his studies and

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s are still used in teaching, namely ''Etudes mignonnes'' op. 131, ''20 Petites Etudes'' op. 132, ''Exercices journaliers'' op. 89 and 15 ''Etudes modernes et progressives''. Gariboldi also composed many songs and three

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Fabio Montesi: Een beroemd musicus uit Castelraimondo: Giuseppe Gariboldi Biography

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