Gregorio Allegri: Difference between revisions
m (Text replacement - " " to " ") |
("New Grove", right?) |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
'''Biography''' | '''Biography''' | ||
Gregorio Allegri sang treble (1591 to 1596) and tenor (1601 to 1604) at S Luigi dei Francesi in Rome under [[Giovanni Bernardino Nanino|G.B. Nanino]]. After posts in Fermo and Tivoli he was appointed ''maestro di cappella'' at Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome in 1628. The following year he joined the papal choir as an alto, being elected ''maestro di cappella'' in 1650. | Gregorio Allegri sang treble (1591 to 1596) and tenor (1601 to 1604) at S Luigi dei Francesi in Rome under [[Giovanni Bernardino Nanino|G.B. Nanino]]. After posts in Fermo and Tivoli he was appointed ''maestro di cappella'' at Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome in 1628. The following year he joined the papal choir as an alto, being elected ''maestro di cappella'' in 1650. | ||
He was the brother of the composer [[Domenico Allegri]] (c1585 - 1629) but unrelated to the Florentine lutenist Lorenzo Allegri (1567-1648). | |||
Works in manuscript include 5 masses, 2 lamentations, a Te Deum and the famous Miserere. | Works in manuscript include 5 masses, 2 lamentations, a Te Deum and the famous Miserere. | ||
{{WikipediaLink}} | {{WikipediaLink}} | ||
==List of choral works== | ==List of choral works== | ||
{{#SortWorks:}} | {{#SortWorks:|cols=2}} | ||
{{ArrangementsList}} | |||
{{CheckMissing}} | {{CheckMissing}} | ||
Note: New Grove lists 2 Lamentations by Allegri. Heth-Teth-Jod above are respectively the 1st, 2nd & 3rd parts of the 1st Lesson for Saturday; "Incipit lamentatio" is the first verse of the 1st Thursday Lesson. | |||
{{Whatlinkshere}} | {{Whatlinkshere}} | ||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
*''Concertini, 2–5vv, bc, libro II'' (Rome, 1619¹²) (Book 1 is lost) | *''Concertini, 2–5vv, bc, libro II'' (Rome, 1619¹²) (Book 1 is lost) | ||
Latest revision as of 04:24, 24 May 2022
Life
Born: 1582
Died: 7 February 1652
Biography Gregorio Allegri sang treble (1591 to 1596) and tenor (1601 to 1604) at S Luigi dei Francesi in Rome under G.B. Nanino. After posts in Fermo and Tivoli he was appointed maestro di cappella at Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome in 1628. The following year he joined the papal choir as an alto, being elected maestro di cappella in 1650. He was the brother of the composer Domenico Allegri (c1585 - 1629) but unrelated to the Florentine lutenist Lorenzo Allegri (1567-1648).
Works in manuscript include 5 masses, 2 lamentations, a Te Deum and the famous Miserere.
View the Wikipedia article on Gregorio Allegri.
List of choral works
Other works not listed above (See Template:CheckMissing for possible reasons and solutions)
Note: New Grove lists 2 Lamentations by Allegri. Heth-Teth-Jod above are respectively the 1st, 2nd & 3rd parts of the 1st Lesson for Saturday; "Incipit lamentatio" is the first verse of the 1st Thursday Lesson.
Click here to search for this composer on CPDL
Publications
- Concertini, 2–5vv, bc, libro II (Rome, 1619¹²) (Book 1 is lost)
- Motecta, 2–6vv (Rome, 1621)
- Motets also appeared in numerous anthologies
- Sinfonia, a 4, ed. A. Kircher, Musurgia universalis (Rome, 1650)
External links
- Works by Gregorio Allegri in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)