Count Pirro Capacelli Albergati (20 September 1663 – 22 June 1735) was an Italian aristocrat, and amateur composer.[1]
Albergati was born in Bologna. The Albergatis were one of the most eminent families of the Bolognese nobility, and Count Pirro Albergati himself was ambassador, confidant of Leopold I, Emperor of Austria, member of the city Council of Elders, and gonfaloniere of the city of Bologna.
"Although posterity has recognized Pirro Albergati for his musical accomplishments, he was probably better known to the general public for his charitable works".(Victor Crowther The oratorio in Bologna 1650-1730)[2]
From 1685 he became a member of the confraternity Santa Maria della Morte for whom he composed most of his 17 oratorios. From 1728 Albergati also held the mainly honorary post of maestro di cappella in Puiano near Urbino in the last years of his life. His sacred works include 4 masses.
Fellow Bolognese composer Giuseppe Maria Jacchini dedicated his opus 4 to Count Albergati in recognition of his strong support for giving Jacchini a permanent position in the orchestra of the cathedral of Bologna.
Works
Published works:
Op. 1 Balletti, correnti, sarabande e gighe per Violino, Violone, con il secondo violino beneplacito. 1682, reprinted 1685[3]
Op. 2 Suonate a due violini col suo basso continuo. Bologna 1683
Op. 3 Cantate morali a voce solo, 1685
Op. 4 Messa e salmi concertati. 1687
Op. 5 "Plectro armonico" Dieci Sonate da Camera à due Violini, e Basso con Violoncello obligato (Bologna 1687)
Op. 6 Cantate da camera a voce sola 1687
Op. 7 Motetti e antifoni della B.M.V. 1691
Op. 8 Concerti varii da Camera a tre, quattro o cinque. Modena 1702
Op. 9 Cantate spirituale a 1 2 3 vv. F. Rosati Modena 1702
Op. 10 Cantate ed Oratorio San Eustachio 1714
[ ] Inno e antifone della B.M.V. a voce sola. Silvani, Bologna 1715
[ ] Cantate in pregio di Santa Maria. "Op6." Bologna 1717
Op. 13 Corona dei pregi di Maria a 1 voce 1717
Op. 14 Caprici varii da camera a tre. Venice 1721
Op. 15 Motetti con il responsorio di S. Antonio di Padova a 4, 1715
Op. 16 Messe e Litanie della B.M.V. e Tantum ergo a 4, (Bologna ?) Venice 1721
Oratorios (surviving):
L’innocenza di Sant’Eufemia 1694
Il Convito di Baldassarro, 1691
La Beata Caterina da Bologna tentata di solitudine, 1710 Bologna
