Francesco Zappa

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Francesco Zappa is a 1984 album by Frank Zappa. It features synthesized arrangements of chamber music by the Italian composer Francesco Zappa, who composed between 1763 and 1788.
David Ocker played a piece of Francesco Zappa's music for Frank Zappa because it was popular with some college music students. Because Francesco's music was not published and could only be found in the Mormon library, Frank decided to publish it. He then programmed some of these pieces into his new Synclavier synthesizer.
Frank found an entry for Francesco in the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and then researched his sheet music in the library at UC Berkeley. According to The Real Frank Zappa Book, the two musicians are not related.
Compositions
1. Opus I: No. 1 1st Movement: Andante 00:00
2. Opus I: No. 1 2nd Movement: Allegro con brio 03:31
3. Opus I: No. 2 1st Movement: Andantino 04:59
4. Opus I: No. 2 2nd Movement: Minuetto grazioso 07:14
5. Opus I: No. 3 1st Movement: Andantino 09:18
6. Opus I: No. 3 2nd Movement: Presto 11:11
7. Opus I: No. 4 1st Movement: Andante 13:01
8. Opus I: No. 4 2nd Movement: Allegro 15:21
9. Opus I: No. 5 2nd Movement: Minuetto grazioso 18:26
10. Opus I: No. 6 1st Movement: Largo 20:56
11. Opus I: No. 6 2nd Movement: Minuet 23:05
12. Opus IV: No. 1 1st Movement: Andantino 25:08
13. Opus IV: No. 1 2nd Movement: Allegro assai 27:55
14. Opus IV: No. 2 2nd Movement: Allegro assai 29:57
15. Opus IV: No. 3 1st Movement: Andante 31:18
16. Opus IV: No. 3 2nd Movement: Tempo di minuetto 33:42
17. Opus IV: No. 4 1st Movement: Minuetto 35:42

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