Bottesini-Umberto-Moristo

tommy154578 · #1 10-14-2003, 07:38 PM

I've been reading about Bottesini on this site http://bottesini.com/alife/
There are a lot of interesting things but then I run into the story about Umberto and all his efforts to destroy Bottesini, and all the stuff about Moristo. I found it a bit hard to believe so I tried to search for additional info on the web but I couldn't find anything. Does anyone know anything about this? Thanks.

T.R.

**Chris Fitzgerald** · #2 10-14-2003, 10:00 PM

867-5309JENNY,

Have you tried this one? It claims to contain many of B's letters. I have no idea how authentic they are, but....

tommy154578 · #3 10-15-2003, 05:28 PM

Thanks Chris; yes, i know that one although I haven't read much. I'm just trying to find someone who knows smth about all that story about Moristo and Umberto. Don't you think it's a little hard to believe??

T.R.

**Chris Fitzgerald** · #4 10-15-2003, 07:17 PM

It does kind of resemble the whole bogus Mozart/Salieri subplot from "Amadeus", doesn't it?

Don Higdon · #5 10-15-2003, 07:18 PM

Tommy,
You're supposed to be laughing when you read that site. It's a hilarious spoof that's been around a few years.

tommy154578 · #6 10-15-2003, 08:32 PM

Don, the point is that not all the information is fake, I guess. There's info about Bottesini's life that is true, from what I could find from other sources. So, how can I separate real info from what it was meant to be a joke? I guess I didn't get it.

T.R.

mcnaire2004 · #7 06-29-2006, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Don Higdon

Tommy,
You're supposed to be laughing when you read that site. It's a hilarious spoof that's been around a few years.

I know that there is a few pages that it states are to be read as fiction but for the most part it says no such thing.

I know i'm 3 years off I just found this interesting

PaulCannon · #8 06-30-2006, 12:23 AM

The site's a gag. It shouldn't be that hard to tell.

mcnaire2004 · #9 06-30-2006, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulCannon

The site's a gag. It shouldn't be that hard to tell.

Well most of sounds real. Then again about 30% sounds like a ridiculous conspiracy. I (for some reason) can't find any information on him. I have researched Dragonetti and have found alot but not Bottesini. The most I find his most of his works, birth and death dates, and a little beyond that. For some reason (online) I can't find any record of the 'Concerto Di Bravura'(Besides performances in atlanta ect...) which (I could be wrong) is his concerto #3. Basically thats the stuff I know about him. I know he was a 3 stringer in Th's and stuff like that. I honestly would love to learn his BIO and history of his concerto's how they were (and are) performed/interpreted. I have several recordings to go off of as far as that goes. I honestly think he was a genius and one of the best (if not the best) bassist of all time and he wrote the best works for bass ever...(so far).