Artists

Albinoni, Tomaso

image of Albinoni, Tomaso Venetian Baroque composer

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671 - 1751) was a Venetian Baroque composer. While famous in his day as an opera composer, he is mainly remembered today for his instrumental music, some of which is regularly recorded. The "Adagio in G Minor" attributed to him (actually a later reconstruction) is one of the most frequently recorded pieces of Baroque music.The Adagio in G minor has achieved a level of fame such that it is commonly transcribed for other instruments and used in popular culture, for example as background music for films (Gallipoli, 1981, which is set in 1915–1916 during the World War I battle of the same name) and television programs and in advertisements.