Gaetano François Marie Besozzi (born 25 March 1727 in Piacenza – 15 Nivôse XII - 6 January 1804 - in Versailles) was an Italian oboist and composer.
[1] Between 1768 and 1788 he played in the Concert Spirituel and the salons of Paris.
[2] His performances were applauded by every audience and deemed in high esteem by musicologist Charles Burney.
Before the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1793 he fled to London,[1] where he worked until his death.
Besozzi emerged as a composer of chamber music works.