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Albrigi (Albrizi), Vincenzo

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Also known as: Italian: Vincenzo Albrici, Vincenzo degli Albrici

ALBRIGI (ALBRIZI), VINCENZO. - Musician, b. in Rome on 26 June 1631, d. in Prague on 18 Aug. 1696. He studied in Rome, then was maestro di cappella to Queen Christina of Sweden; he then moved to Dresden, to the court of the Elector John George of Saxony, which he left in 1663 to go first to London and then to Paris. He returned to Dresden, and was in Leipzig organist of St. Thomas. In the meantime he had embraced Protestantism, which he abjured in 1682, when he went as maestro di cappella to St. Augustine's in Prague, where he died. His output of sacred music is copious: a brilliant organist and harpsichordist, his symphonies and sonatas enjoyed a well-deserved renown.

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BIBL.: Sammelbände der internationalen Musikgesellschaft, III (1902), p. 487; C. Schmidt, s. v. in Diz. Universale dei Musicisti, I, Milan 1937, p. 30 ff.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 718.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Albrigi (Albrizi), vincenzo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 718. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/albrigi-albrizi-vincenzo.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Albrigi (Albrizi), vincenzo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 718. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/albrigi-albrizi-vincenzo.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Albrigi (Albrizi), vincenzo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {718},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/albrigi-albrizi-vincenzo}
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