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Ferlendis, Giuseppe (b. Bergamo, 1755; d. Lisbon, 1810). Italian oboist and composer. Ferlendis joined the Salzburg court music establishment on 1 April 1777; that summer Mozart composed the Oboe Concerto, K314, for him, according to Leopold Mozart. But he did not remain in Salzburg for long, resigning from the orchestra in June 1778. At the time, Leopold wrote to Wolfgang: ‘Now for a piece of news! Ferlendis . . . left the service at the end of June. This has been the more unexpected and upsetting as during the last two months whenever Ferlendis played a concerto, the Archbishop had been in the habit of giving him one or two ducats. Moreover he was the favourite in the orchestra and since Besozzi's [Carlo Besozzi, the Italian oboe virtuoso who played in Salzburg in May 1778] arrival in Salzburg had learnt a good deal from him’ (letter of 3 Aug. 1778). After his departure from Salzburg, Ferlendis was active in Turin, Venice, London (from 1795) and Lisbon. He was a specialist on the cor anglais and possibly responsible for improvements to the instrument.

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A. Bernardini, ‘The Oboe in the Venetian Republic, 1692–1797’, Early Music 16 (1988), 372–87

Ferrarese del Bene, Adriana [baptized Andriana Augusta] (b. 19 Sept. 1759; d. 1804 or after). Prima donna of the Viennese opera buffa troupe 1788–91; she sang Susanna in the 1789 revival of Le nozze di Figaro and created Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte.