AKA Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

Born: 8-Jun - 1671
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: 17-Jan - 1751
Location of death: Venice, Italy
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Church of San Marco, Venice, Italy

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Composer , Violinist

Nationality: Italy
Executive summary: Adagio in G minor

An Italian musician. He was a prolific composer of operas attracting contemporary attention for their originality, but is more remarkable as a composer of instrumental music, which greatly attracted the attention of Johann Sebastian Bach , who wrote at least two fugues on Albinoni's themes and constantly used his basses for harmony exercises for his pupils.

Father: (merchant)
Wife: Margherita Rimondi (m. 1705, d. 1721)
Wife: Maria Amalia (m. 1722)

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