Gaetano braga biography examples

Braga Sheet Music and Biography

Gaetano Braga was a composer and cellist born on 9th June 1829 in the southern Italian region of Abruzzi.

La Serenata or Angel’s Serenade was a particularly famous piece of Braga’s and we have several arrangements on music-scores.com

Braga showed an early talent for music and despite it not being his parent’s first choice of career he went to the college of San Pietro a Maiella. He displayed such an incredible talent the director of the college had a cello specifically made for him by Nicola Gagliano the violin maker.

Career

Braga began his career as a cellist and performed in Florence, Bologna, Trieste, and Vienna. He then went onto Paris and played compositions by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn. He was a very popular cellist and also a highly sought-after singing teacher by the artists of Theater Italian.

Braga played with some of the best performers of that time including Liszt, Gounod, Bizet, Saint Saens, Ru Biography examples for students.