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==Life==
==Life==
'''Born:''' 1582
'''Born:''' 1582


'''Died:''' 07 February 1652
'''Died:''' 7 February 1652


<b>Biography</b>
'''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.
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.


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==List of choral works==
==List of choral works==
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*[[Agnus Dei (from 'Missa che fa oggi il mio sole') (Gregorio Allegri)|<i>Agnus Dei (from 'Missa che fa oggi il mio sole')</i>]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/all-msc6.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sound/all-msc6.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/source/all-msc6.mus Finale-2003]&nbsp;)
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*[[Benedictus (from 'Missa che fa oggi il mio sole') (Gregorio Allegri)|<i>Benedictus (from 'Missa che fa oggi il mio sole')</i>]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/all-msc5.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sound/all-msc5.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/source/all-msc5.mus Finale-2003]&nbsp;)
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*[[Credo (from 'Missa che fa oggi il mio sole') (Gregorio Allegri)|<i>Credo (from 'Missa che fa oggi il mio sole')</i>]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/all-msc3.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sound/all-msc3.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/source/all-msc3.mus Finale-2003]&nbsp;)
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.
*[[Miserere mei (Gregorio Allegri)|<i>Miserere mei</i>]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/alle-mis.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sound/alle-mis.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/source/alle-mis.sib SIBELIUS]&nbsp;)
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*[[Miserere mei (Gregorio Allegri)|<i>Miserere mei</i>]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/alle-mi3.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif]&nbsp;)
*[[Miserere mei (English version) (Gregorio Allegri)|<i>Miserere mei (English version)</i>]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/alle-mi2.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sound/alle-mis.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/source/alle-mi2.sib SIBELIUS]&nbsp;)
*[[Missa che fa oggi il mio sole (complete) (Gregorio Allegri)|<i>Missa che fa oggi il mio sole (complete)</i>]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/all-msc0.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif]&nbsp;)
*[[Sanctus (from 'Missa che fa oggi il mio sole') (Gregorio Allegri)|<i>Sanctus (from 'Missa che fa oggi il mio sole')</i>]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/all-msc4.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sound/all-msc4.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/source/all-msc4.mus Finale-2003]&nbsp;)
*[[Gloria (from 'Missa che fa oggi il mio sole') (Gregorio Allegri)|<i>Gloria (from 'Missa che fa oggi il mio sole')</i>]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/all-msc2.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sound/all-msc2.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/source/all-msc2.mus Finale-2003]&nbsp;)
*[[Lamentations of Jeremiah (Gregorio Allegri)|<i>Lamentations of Jeremiah</i>]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/alle-lam.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sound/alle-lam.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/source/alle-lam.zip ENCORE]&nbsp;) ''Verse 1.1''.
*[[Kyrie (from 'Missa che fa oggi il mio sole') (Gregorio Allegri)|<i>Kyrie (from 'Missa che fa oggi il mio sole')</i>]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/all-msc1.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sound/all-msc1.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif]&nbsp;[http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/source/all-msc1.mus Finale-2003]&nbsp;)
 
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==Publications==
==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==
==External links==
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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