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Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri

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August 21, 1698: Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri is born in Cremona, under Spanish rule.
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October 17, 1744: Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri dies in Cremona, Duchy of Milan under Austrian rule, aged 46 years, one month, and 26 days.
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Today in Music and History: November 23
1940: Piano Quintet op.57 by Dmitri Shostakovich (34) is performed publicly for the first time, in the Moscow Conservatory Malyi Hall, the composer at the keyboard. This work wins Shostakovich a Stalin Prize.
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