Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri (8 September 1690 – 1764) was an Italian baroque violinist and composer. Zavateri was born in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

, where he studied composition and the violin. He was elected to Bologna's famous Accademia Filarmonica in 1717. During the 1720s he joined the esteemed orchestra of San Petronio. His compositions start to show the galante style of the late baroque and early classical eras.Gramophone: Volume 74, Issues 877-879 1996 "Zavateri's "Pastorale" is an altogether more galant affair than those of his fellow Italians, airier in character, with trio episodes for two solo violins and continue, and containing some striking key shifts. "

Works, editions and recordings

* Zavateri ''Concerti da chiesa e da camera''

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Gottfried von der Goltz Gottfried von der Goltz (born 1 June 1964 in Würzburg, Germany) is a German violinist and conductor, specialising in the baroque repertoire. Born into the ancient Brandenburgish Goltz family, Gottfried was a great-grandson of the former commande ...

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1690 births 1764 deaths Italian Baroque composers 18th-century Italian composers Italian male composers Italian violinists Italian male violinists Musicians from Bologna {{Italy-composer-stub