Negri, Luigi

Luigi Negri (1837-1891) studied double bass with Luigi Rossi and succeeded his teacher at the Milan Conservatoire. He was Principal Bass at La Scala Milan and also composed a number of solo works and studies for double bass alongside transcribing many etudes by Kreutzer, Rode, Libon, Mayseder, Polledro and Spohr. Negri’s 24 Studies for double bass demonstrate the virtuosic and advanced technical prowess of bassists in Italy in the 19th-century