Filippo Manfredi

 In the 1760's, I was a member of a traveling quartetto, and in 1767 we met Filippo Manfredi, an Italian violinista, who joined the group. Manfredi and I later separated from the quartetto and formed a traveling duetto. We traveled around Paris and Italy, playing music and aiding each other in composing, and eventually we were stationed in Madrid, under the employ of the Spanish royal family as court composers. We shared each others artistic abilities and insights to reach a very high point in both of our careers, and he was a ottimo amico for many years.


 Bellora C.: Fillipo Manfredi. N.d. Photograph. centromusicaudine.itWeb. 6 Apr 2012. <http://www.centromusicaudine.it/Libri-BELLORA-C-FILIPPO-MANFREDI-.1.2.325.gp.3601.-1.uw.asp&xgt;.