Music nowadays is considered like a necessity in each european country Charles Burney - Musical journey through Italy - 1770
The biography: Born in Pistoia, 11 October 1738, he began his musical studies under the guidance of his father who was the organist of the Church of the Holy Trinity and also the Church of St. Mary the Humble (Santissima Trinit Santa Maria dellUmilt). His brother Domenico, his elder by five years, had already studied music with good results, but the young Filippo Maria showed such extraordinary talent that his father decided to send him to study under Tommaso Giacomelli, the leading organist of his day in Pistoia. In 1747, when he was nine, his father died, but this did not impede his furthering his mu...
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Filippo Maria Gherardeschi (1738-1808). Musicista "abile e di genio" nel Granducato di Toscana
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