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{{short description|Italian composer}}
[[File:Sestetto brunetti.JPG|thumb|300px|Score of Brunetti's oboe sextet no. 1 of 1796 (Spanish copy {{circa}}1800, [[Biblioteca Palatina]], Parma). Like many of his compositions, Brunetti's six late oboe sextets were written for the private entertainment of King Charles IV of Spain and were not eligible for publication during his lifetime.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sutcliffe |first1=W Dean |title=Cayetano Brunetti: complete oboe sextets |journal=Eighteenth-Century Music |date=2022 |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=217–221 |doi=10.1017/S1478570622000033 |s2cid=251353905 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/E30BA0F7468B82B9375DFAE6EB473E53/S1478570622000033a.pdf/div-class-title-span-class-italic-cayetano-brunetti-complete-oboe-sextets-span-gaetano-cayetano-brunetti-1744-1798-il-maniatico-ensemble-robert-silla-oboe-ibs-classical-ibs92021-two-discs-130-minutes-div.pdf |language=en |issn=1478-5706}}</ref>]]
'''Gaetano''' (or '''Cayetano'''<ref name=MúsicaHispania>{{cite web |title=Cayetano Brunetti (1744-1798) |url=http://www.musicadehispania.net/2013/05/cayetano-brunetti-1744-1798.html |website=Música de Hispania |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903233532/http://www.musicadehispania.net/2013/05/cayetano-brunetti-1744-1798.html |archive-date=3 September 2023 |language=es |date=2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>) '''Brunetti''' (1744 in [[Fano]], Italy – 16 December 1798, [[Colmenar de Oreja]],<ref name=Grove>{{Cite Grove |last1=Belgray, Alice B |last2=Jenkins, Newell |date=2001 |title=Brunetti [Bruneti], Gaetano |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.04179}}</ref> Madrid, Spain) was an [[Chronological list of Italian classical composers#Classical era|Italian-born composer]] who was active in Spain [[History of Spain (1700–1808)#Italian experience, ascension to the Spanish throne|during the reigns]] of kings [[Charles III of Spain|Charles III]] and [[Charles IV of Spain|Charles IV]]. As well as being musically influential at court,<ref name=Pesic2019/> Brunetti was a key contributor to the modernization of Spanish musical culture in the late 18th century.<ref name=LOC/>
As a boy, he appears to have studied the violin in [[Livorno]] with [[Pietro Nardini]], before moving to Madrid with his parents by 1762.<ref name=Grove/> He joined the [[Royal Palace of Madrid|Spanish court]] as a violinist in the Royal Chapel in 1769.<ref name=Labrador2019>{{cite journal |last1=Labrador López de Azcona |first1=Germán |title=Gaetano Brunetti (1744-1798), compositor y maestro de música de Carlos IV |journal=Quodlibet:
The majority of Brunetti's output (thought to number over 400 pieces<ref name=Pile2007/>) consists of chamber music designed for small ensembles and symphonies for the royal chamber orchestra. Brunetti's prolific output reflects the duties of an 18th-century court composer who was required to craft engaging music for daily performances at his patron's chamber.<ref name=Labrador2019/> With its graceful melodies and periodic phrasing, Brunetti's music respects early classical forms and conventions but also incorporates more progressive and eclectic elements.
Due to the constraints of his court service,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Griffin |first1=Thomas |title=Aggiornando il settecento: el siglo XVIII y la musicología española, a debate: Universidad de la Rioja, 28–29 November 2013 |journal=Eighteenth-Century Music |date=2014 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=321–323 |doi=10.1017/S1478570614000244 |url=https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478570614000244 |language=en}}</ref> little of Brunetti's music was published during his lifetime, thereby largely precluding knowledge of his music for almost two centuries.<ref name=Grove/><ref name=LOC/> A [[Catalogues of classical compositions#List of catalogues|catalogue]] of his works (compiled by Germán Labrador) has been available since 2005,<ref name=LOC/> which provides details of 346 attributed works with available scores, and lists various other named pieces that are thought to have been lost.<ref name=Pile2007>{{cite journal |last1=Pile |first1=Joy |title=Reviews: "Gaetano Brunetti (1744-1798): catálogo crítico, temático y cronológico" |journal=Fontes Artis Musicae – Journal of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres |date=2007 |volume=54 |issue=4 |pages=
==References==
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