Edited sentence: Dragonetti frequently played on a three string double bass tuned G-D-A from top to bottom.Dragonetti wrote 10 concertos for the double bass and many solo works for bass and piano.His playing is thought to have influenced Beethoven to write difficult, separate parts for the double bass which do not double the cello.His playing was known all the way from his native Italy to the Tsar of Russia and he found a prominent place performing in concerts with the Philharmonic Society of London.The most famous double bassist in history, Domenico Dragonetti, was a very prominent musical figure in his time which is documented through his acquaintances with Franz Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven