(2002) Fontana: Sonate a uno, due e tre Rodion Shchedrin First of all there is

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(2002) Fontana: Sonate a uno, due e tre Rodion Shchedrin First of all there isVery little is known about the life of Giovanni Battista Fontana. Born between 1580 and 1589, his name appears in the dedication of Cesare Gussagos Sonate a a quattro, sei, et otto, in which he is mentioned as a violinist with as much fame in Venice as Orpheus had in Thebes. The second sonata in this collection is even entitled La Fontana. In the dedication of his own posthumous collection he is described as one of the most singular violin virtuosos