Giuseppe Andreoli (bassist)
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Giuseppe Andreoli (7 July 1757 – 20 December 1832)[1] was a Milanese contrabassist.
Born in Milan, Andreoli was a member of the orchestra of La Scala. He was also proficient on the harp.[2] He became the first professor of bass at the Milan Conservatory in 1808.[3]: 8
He was the first teacher who promoted the three-finger system developed by Bonifazio Asioli in his treatise Elementi per il Contrabasso con una Nuova Maniera di Digitare (1823), which flourished in Italy by the mid-nineteenth century.[3]: 8–9
According to an 1840 letter from Paganini, Andreoli played an Amati bass,[4] which had three strings, tuned in fourths.[3]: 8
The bassist was not related to the Andreoli family of pianists, who taught at the Milan Conservatory, including Carlo Andreoli and Guglielmo Andreoli.[2]
