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Composer of the Week - Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1750/51) - Episode 4

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Venetian composer Tomas Albinoni. He focuses on Albinoni's small but elegant catalogue of chamber music. He also considers the state of music publishing in the early 1700s, when piracy was rife and new, north European technology was changing the face of the music world.