Tomaso Albinoni was an Italian baroque composer particularly famous for his Adagio.
Composition Date:
unknown
Composition Info:
Adagio in G minor is a piece arranged by Remo Giazotto based on the fragments of a Sonata in G minor for strings and organ, composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni , which were found amongst the ruins of the old Dresden State Library which was bombed during World War II.
It has been used in numerous films.