Gaetano Brunetti

[5] As a boy, he appears to have studied the violin in Livorno with Pietro Nardini, before moving to Madrid with his parents by 1762.

[6] He also became violin teacher to the future Charles IV (then Prince of Asturias), who unlike his father was an avid music lover.

Brunetti's prolific output reflects the duties of an 18th-century court composer who was required to craft engaging music for daily performances at his patron's chamber.

[6] With its graceful melodies and periodic phrasing, Brunetti's music respects early classical forms and conventions but also incorporates more progressive and eclectic elements.

[7] This catalogue revealed that the U.S. Library of Congress houses almost half of the surviving manuscript scores.

Score of Brunetti's oboe sextet no. 1 of 1796 (Spanish copy c. 1800, Biblioteca Palatina , Parma). Like many of his compositions, Brunetti's six late oboe sextets were written for the private entertainment of King Charles IV of Spain and were not eligible for publication during his lifetime. [ 1 ]