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Death Anniversary: Francesco Barsanti — April 30, 1775

30 April 2027

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He died in London on 30 April 1775 in modest circumstances, having moved to Great Britain in 1714 in the company of Francesco Geminiani. Working in London and Edinburgh as a virtuoso flautist and oboist, his op. 3 concerti grossi and his ingenious arrangements of traditional Scots songs into chamber concertos represented an exceptional synthesis of Italian counterpoint with British folk melody.

A note on this date. The exact day of birth is unrecorded in the parish records of Lucca (c. 1690); we celebrate his verified death anniversary on 30 April. We publish it with the warning rather than leave the page out, and if you can point us to a register or an archive that carries it we will confirm or correct it.

Dates verified on Treccani, DBI, vol. 6 (1964), voce "BARSANTI, Francesco" (https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/francesco-barsanti_(Dizionario-Biografico)/); Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry "Barsanti, Francesco" (https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/1498).

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The national collections cost nothing

Fifteen national museums and galleries have charged nothing for their permanent collections since 2001 — among them the National Gallery and the Natural History Museum. Temporary exhibitions are ticketed separately, and the busiest houses now ask you to reserve a free timed slot rather than queue, so book before you set off.

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In September, the doors that are usually shut open

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