DUNNING, ALBERT

(1935–2005)

   Dutch musicologist who was pro fessor at the University of Pavia, Italy. Dunning discovered that Count Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692–1766), a director of the Dutch East India Company and ambassador, had composed the Sei concerti armonici, which had been attributed to Italian composer Carlo Ricciotti (1681–1756). Dunning’s main research concerns the work of Italian composer Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695–1764). He also wrote a biography about German composer Joseph Smitt (1734–1791).

   See also Classical music.