Testori, Carlo Giovanni
Testori, Carlo Giovanni
Testori, Carlo Giovanni, Italian music theorist, violin pedagogue, and composer; b. Vercelli, March 24, 1714; d. there, May 20, 1782. He studied violin and composition in Milan, then taught violin in Vercelli. He publ. La musica raggionata (Vercelli, 1767), a theoretical treatise based on the system of Rameau; it was followed by 3 supplements (1771, 1773, 1782).
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