Gregorio Allegri: 2 The Miserere

Gregorio Allegri
one of the earliest composers for stringed instruments,

and Athanasius Kircher has given one specimen of this
class of his works in his Musurgia. Most of Allegris
published music, especially the instrumental music, is in
the progressive early Baroque concertato style. However,
his work for the Sistine Chapel is descended from the
Palestrina style, and in some cases strips even this rened,
simple style of all ornament. He is credited with the earliest string quartet.
2 The Miserere
Main article: Miserere (Allegri)
By far the most well known and regarded piece of music
composed by Allegri is the Miserere mei, Deus, a setting
of Vulgate Psalm 50 (= Psalm 51). It is written for two
choirs, the one of ve and the other of four voices, and has
obtained considerable celebrity. One of the choirs sings a
simple fauxbordon based on the original plainsong chant
Gregorio Allegri
for the Tonus peregrinus; the other choir sings a similar
fauxbordon with pre-existing elaborations and the use of
Gregorio Allegri (c. 1582 7 February 1652)[1][2] was cadenzas. The Miserere has for many years been sung anan Italian composer of the Roman School and brother of nually during Holy Week in the Sistine Chapel. Many
Domenico Allegri; he was also a priest and a singer. He have cited this work as an example of the stile antico (old
was born[3] and died in Rome.
style) or prima pratica (rst practice). However, its constant use of the dominant seventh chord and its emphasis
on polychoral techniques certainly put it out of the range
of prima pratica. A more accurate comparison would be
1 Life
to the works of Giovanni Gabrieli.
He studied music as a puer (boy chorister) at San Luigi
dei Francesi, under the maestro di capella Giovanni
Bernardino Nanino, brother of Giovanni Maria Nanino.
Being intended for the Church, he obtained a benece
in the cathedral of Fermo. Here he composed a large
number of motets and other sacred music, which, being
brought to the notice of Pope Urban VIII, obtained for
him an appointment in the choir of the Sistine Chapel at
Rome as a contralto. He held this from 6 December 1629
until his death. As Andrea Adami wrote, Allegri was regarded as singularly pure and benevolent.[4]
The Miserere is one of the most often-recorded examples

of late Renaissance music, although it was actually written during the chronological connes of the Baroque era;
in this regard it is representative of the music of the Roman School of composers, who were stylistically conservative. The work acquired a considerable reputation for
mystery and inaccessibility between the time of its composition and the era of modern recording; the Vatican,
wanting to preserve its aura of mystery, forbade copies,
threatening any publication or attempted copy with excommunication. They were not prepared, however, for a
special visit in 1770 from a 14-year-old named Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, who, on a trip to Rome with his father,
heard it but twice and transcribed it faithfully from memory, thus creating the rst known unauthorised copy.[5]
Among Allegris musical compositions were two volumes

of concerti for ve voices published in 1618 and 1619;
two volumes of motets for six voices published in 1621;
an edition of a four-part sinfonia; ve masses; two settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah; and numerous In 1771 Mozarts copy was procured and published in
motets which were not published in his lifetime. He was England by the famous traveler and music historian Dr.
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Burney. However, Burneys edition does not show the

ornamentation for which the work was famous. The music itself is rather basicchurch music at the time placed
a large gap between written and performance practice
embellishments were largely placed in the hands of the
performers tastes, although the Vatican score itself was
altered largely by performers and visitors over the years.
The music as it is performed today includes a strange error by a copyist in the 1880s. The curious truckers gear
change from G minor to C minor is because the second
half of the verse is the same as the rst half, but transposed up a fourth. The original never had a Top C.[6]
The entire music performed at Rome in Holy Week, Allegris Miserere included, has been issued at Leipzig by
Breitkopf and Hrtel. Interesting accounts of the impression produced by the performance at Rome may be found
in the rst volume of Felix Mendelssohn's letters and in
Miss Taylors Letters from Italy.
References
[1] Gregorio Allegri classical.net, 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[2] 1911 Britannica gives year of birth as 1560 or 1585 and
death as 18 February 1652.
[3] Allegri, Gregorio in Chamberss Encyclopdia. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 271.
[4] In addition to his virtue, he had singularly good nature.
He gave generous alms to the poor, who were always on his
doorstep, as well as to prisoners, whom he visited daily, as
I was assured by one of his pupils, a man worthy of belief,
who is still alive. (Era anco aggiunta alla sua virt una
singolar bont di costumi. Tanto a i poveri, che aveva sempre alla sua porta di Casa, quanto a i carcerati, che quotidianamente visitava, faceva larghe limosine, come mi ha
attestato un suo scolare ancor vivente Uomo degno d'ogni
credito), Andrea Adami, Osservazioni per ben regolare il
coro della cappella ponticia, Antonio de' Rossi, Roma,
1711, pp. 199200.
[5] For new information on this episode, see Ilias Chrissochoidis, London Mozartiana: Wolfgangs disputed age
& early performances of Allegris Miserere", The Musical
Times, vol. 151, no. 1911 (Summer 2010), 8389.
[6] ed. Rutter, J. European Sacred Music. OUP 1996
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now
in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911).
Encyclopdia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge
University Press.
EXTERNAL LINKS
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A Biography and detailed essay on his Miserere
mei
Article on Gregorio Allegris Misere on ClassicalNet
Free scores by Gregorio Allegri at the International
Music Score Library Project
Free scores by Gregorio Allegri in the Choral Public

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Gregorio Allegri

one of the earliest composers for stringed instruments,

The Miserere is one of the most often-recorded examples

Among Allegris musical compositions were two volumes

Burney. However, Burneys edition does not show the

[1] Gregorio Allegri classical.net, 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

Free scores by Gregorio Allegri in the Choral Public

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File:Gregorio_Allegri_Romano01.jpg Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Gregorio_Allegri_Romano01.jpg

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