Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Bottesini, Giovanni, was born in 1823 at Crema, Lombardy. He became the greatest master of his time of the double-bass, and in 1846 was appointed director of the Italian Opera in Barcelona, Havana, Palermo, and Paris. His Methode Complete de Contre-basse is a leading work. He died in 1889.