The work in my last post needs more proper accreditation than I gave to it. I suppose it should be more accurately referred to as "Albinoni Adagio in G Minor" by Giazotto, or simply, "Adagio in G Minor" by Giazotto, based on a fragment by Albinoni.
Much of Albinoni's work was lost in World War II with the destruction of the Dresden State Library. Little is known of his life and music after the mid 1720s.
Adagio in G minor for strings and organ is a piece composed by Remo Giazotto and first published in 1958.
It was supposedly based on a fragment from a Sonata in G minor by Tomaso Albinoni purportedly found amongst the ruins of the old Saxon State Library, Dresden, after it was firebombed by the Allies during World War II. It is usually referred to as "Albinoni's Adagio", or "Adagio in G minor by Albinoni, arranged by Giazotto", but it is Giazotto's original work, and contains no Albinoni material.
So, Giazotto is certainly entitled to credit for this lovely piece of music, which is indeed his, and not the work of Albinoni. I did not mean to slight him, I was just tired when I made my post.
It is a pain that you only have a very limited time to edit your posts with the new A2K. Makes things more difficult to correct.
