Besozzi
Besozzi. It. family of orch. musicians specializing in woodwind, particularly ob. Headed by Alessandro (b Parma, 1702; d Turin, 1793) who comp. several trio sonatas, etc. Second generation settled in Paris where the last member, Louis-Désiré (b Versailles, 1814), died in 1879.
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