Gregorio Allegri
| Gregorio Allegri | |
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| Birth | 1582 Rome ,  Italy |
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| Deaths | 17 February 1652 Rome , Italy |
| Principal Activity | composer , religious |
Gregorio Allegri (born in 1582 in Rome - died on 17 February 1652 , in the same city) was a religious , a singer and composer Italian and was also the elder brother of the composer Domenico Allegri. Son of Costantino check, his name was that of Allegri grandfather, Allegro. Gregorio Allegri is considered one of the most important Roman composers of his time. He is the author of a famous Miserere. He lived mainly in Rome and died there.
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Gregorio Allegri studied music with several of his brothers, with Giovanni Bernardino Nanino at the Saint-Louis of the French in Rome where he joined in 1591. As for the ecclesiastical career His work Among his compositions were two volumes of concerts in five voices, published in 1618 and 1619, two collections of motets for six voices, published in 1621, a sinfonia in 4 parts, five masses, two settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, as well as many motets which were not published during his lifetime. It is one of the earliest composers for stringed instrument and the famous Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher has given one example in his treatise on Musurgia. Most of the works of Allegri style early Baroque concerto. This is particularly true of his instrumental music. However, works for the Sistine Chapel are in line with the compositions of Palestrina and in some cases they are even written in a style more pure and stripped of all ornamentation. The most famous work - by far - has written is undoubtedly Allegri's famous Miserere , which is still sung every year at the Sistine Chapel during Holy Week. It is written for two choirs, one in four votes, and the other five. One of the choirs sings a simple version of the original theme of the anthem and the other choir at some distance, sings in a comment decorated. One of the best examples of Renaissance polyphonic style designated seventeenth century as stile antico or prima prattica, and it reflects the combined influences of the Roman school ( Palestrina ) and Venetian (the Gabrieli , double choir). So fun, the Allegri Miserere is one example of the polyphony of the Renaissance who was one of the most favored by music publishing, so it was composed in the Baroque era, when the polyphony was really gone fashion. This work has gained a mythical reputation for mystery and inaccessibility during the centuries since its composition to the modern era. Indeed, the Vatican had forbidden the reproduction and dissemination in order to preserve the unique character. But in 1769, the young Mozart , then aged fourteen years, made a trip to Rome with his father, he heard the Miserere of Allegri twice and was able to restore their memory partition (the first or second listen, according sources). This restitution was acquired and published in England by Dr. Burney, music historian and renowned traveler. The Leipzig publisher Breitkopf & Hrtel published then set to music sung in Rome during Holy Week, including the Allegri Miserere. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy testified in one of his letters of the extraordinary impression caused by the music during the ceremony .. The Miserere
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