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Giovanni Masutto (30 July 1830 – 30 January 1894) was an Italian musicologist, flautist, conductor and music professor. Born in Treviso, he was the founder of the Istituto Musicale Trevigiano in Treviso and the director of the Scuola Popolare di Musica in Venice. His books include La Musica, della sua origine e della sua storia (1877), I maestri di musica italiani del secolo XIX (1882) and Della musica sacra in Italia (1889). He died in Venice survived by his son Renzo Masutto (1858–1926), who became a composer and concert pianist.

References

1. Riemann, Hugo (2017). "Massuto, Giovanni". Musik-Lexikon, Vol. 2, p. 686. Verone Publishing House Ltd. (facsimile of the original 1916 edition). ISBN 9925077524 (in German)
2. De Lorenzo, Leonardo (1992). My Complete Story of the Flute: The Instrument, the Performer, the Music, p. 253. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0896722775
3. M. G. (30 November 2018). "Interpreti agli strumenti per il compositore Masutto". La Tribuna di Treviso. Retrieved 12 February 2020 (in Italian)

• 1830 births
• 1894 deaths
• Italian classical flautists
• People from Treviso
• 19th-century classical musicians
• 19th-century Italian musicologists