Artist Info: Cesare Bendinelli

Cesare Bendinelli (b. c. 1542 in Verona, Italy, d. 1617 in Munich, Germany) was an Italian trumpeter who was the principal trumpet player of the Viennese court from 1567 to 1580. From 1580 till his death he played for the court of Munich.

Bendinelli was also the author of the first known course of published trumpet lessons, Tutta L'arte Della Trombetta (c. 1614) which gathered together the earliest known pieces for the clarino register, dating from 1584-88.

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