Grazioli, Giovanni Battista (Ignazio)

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Grazioli, Giovanni Battista (Ignazio)

Grazioli, Giovanni Battista (Ignazio), Italian organist and composer; b. Bogliaco, July 6, 1746; d. Venice, c. 1820. He was a pupil in Venice of Bertoni, where he later was 2nd organist (1782) and finally 1st

organist (1785) at San Marco. He publ. 3 vols. of keyboard sonatas (Venice, Vols. 1 and 2, c. 1780; Vol. 3, c. 1785) and composed numerous sacred vocal works.

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