Henri Besozzi (born 1775 in
Paris
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– d. ?) was an Italian
flutist
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, and also one of the last members of an extensive and traditional
Neapolitan family of musicians during the seventeenth, eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century. He was the son of
Girolamo Besozzi and father of
Louis Désiré Besozzi, having played at the
Opéra-Comique in Paris.
References
1775 births
Italian flautists
Year of death unknown
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