Francesco Bartolomeo Conti

Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1682-1732) was an Italian composer and player of the mandolin and theorbo. Conti was born on the 29th January 1682 in Florence, Italy. By 1700 he was already known as a theorbist not only in his native Florence, but also in other cities such as Ferrara and Milan. The fame he enjoyed by 1701 enabled him to obtain appointment as an auxiliary theorbist at the Habsburg court in Vienna on the same salary as the main theorbist, Orazio Clementi.

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