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Birth Anniversary: Andrea Zani — November 11, 1696
11 November 2026
Casalmaggiore
Born at Casalmaggiore near Cremona on 11 November 1696. The son of an amateur violinist, he was discovered by Count Antonio Maria Borromeo and invited to Vienna around 1727, where he won high acclaim in Habsburg aristocratic circles as a dazzling violin virtuoso.
Dates verified on Treccani, DBI, vol. 100 (2020), voce "ZANI, Andrea" (https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/andrea-zani_(Dizionario-Biografico)/); Arnaldo Morelli, Andrea Zani violinista e compositore casalmaggiorese (1696–1757), Cremona, 1989.
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