MAGRI, PIETRO. - Priest, musician, b. at Vigarano Mainarda in 1873, d. at Oropa on 24 July 1937. He studied at the Seminary of Faenza, where he was ordained a priest on 19 Dec. 1897. Immediately afterward he went to Venice, where he was a pupil of Perosi. He remained there for 4 years, as deputy director of the chapel of St. Mark's and teacher of singing at the Seminary. In 1901 he went as choirmaster to the cathedral of Bari, and in 1911 he succeeded maestro Casimiri in the direction of the Chapel of the cathedral of Vercelli. In 1919 he moved to the sanctuary of Oropa, as organist and choirmaster.
He wrote much sacred music: masses, psalms, hymns, motets, sonatas for organ and piano, and the oratorios La regina dei Pirenei (Lourdes 1913) and La regina delle Alpi (Oropa 1920). All of M.'s compositions are inspired and melodious, enlivened by technically well-handled harmony. His activity for the reform of sacred music was tenacious.
Bibliography2 worksE. Magrini, La regina dei Pirenei, in Riv. mus. it., 20 (1913), pp. 294-305; In memoriam, Turin 1937.
BIBL.: E. Magrini, La regina dei Pirenei, in Riv. mus. it., 20 (1913), pp. 294-305; In memoriam, Turin 1937.
Mattei, Silverio. “Magri, pietro.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1849. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/magri-pietro.
MLA
Mattei, Silverio. “Magri, pietro.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1849. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/magri-pietro.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec7_magri_pietro,
author = {Mattei, Silverio},
title = {Magri, pietro},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {1849},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/magri-pietro}
}
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