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JOHANN ADOLF HASSE (1699-1783)
Sinfonia for strings, oboes, horns, and basso continuo in D major Op. 3 No. 3
1. Allegro assai
2. Andante, sempre piano
3. Menuet - Presto - Menuet
Performed by Musica Antiqua Koln
Conducted by Reinhard Goebel
*Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 16 December 1783 in Venice) was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a considerable quantity of sacred music. Married to soprano Faustina Bordoni and a great friend of librettist Pietro Metastasio, whose libretti he frequently set, Hasse was a pivotal figure in the development of opera seria and 18th-century music.
Hasse was born in Bergedorf, near Hamburg.
JOHANN ADOLF HASSE (1699-1783)
Sinfonia for strings, oboes, horns, and basso continuo in D major Op. 3 No. 3
1. Allegro assai
2. Andante, sempre piano
3. Menuet - Presto - Menuet
Performed by Musica Antiqua Koln
Conducted by Reinhard Goebel
*Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 16 December 1783 in Venice) was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a considerable quantity of sacred music. Married to soprano Faustina Bordoni and a great friend of librettist Pietro Metastasio, whose libretti he frequently set, Hasse was a pivotal figure in the development of opera seria and 18th-century music.
Hasse was born in Bergedorf, near Hamburg.
