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Grove's Dictionary of music and musicians, 1927
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1whose name survives chiefly in the term ALBERTI BASS.
3He was a pupil of Lotti. He won fame both as a singer and as a player on the harpsichord, and wrote some operas and a considerable number of sonatas, some of which were very popular with musical amateurs. It is not very probable that he actually invented the 'Alberti Bass,' but he certainly brought it into undue prominence in his sonatas, and therefore did his best to deserve a notoriety which is not altogether enviable. A set of eight sonatas of his, which was published by Walsh in London, affords good illustrations of his love of it. He uses it plentifully in every sonata of the set, sometimes in both movements, and occasionally almost throughout a whole movement. For instance, in the first movement of the second sonata it persists through 37 bars out of a total of 46; and in the first movement of the sixth sonata it continues through 36 whole bars and 4 half bars out of a total of 44. The following quotation from the beginning of the sixth sonata illustrates his style, and his manner of using the formula.
5Allegro moderato.
7[Music notation] one of two readings
8[Music example] one of two readings
10C. H. H. P.
12ALBERTI, GIUSEPPE MATTEO (b. Bologna, 1685?), an eminent violinist and distinguished composer, who studied the violin under Manzolini and Minelli and counterpoint under F. Arresti. He wrote violin sonatas, concertos and concerti grossi, as well as some canzoni for voice. E. v. d. s.
14ALBERTI, INNOCENZO (b. Treviso, late 16th cent.), a musician in the service of Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara, in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He wrote 'Salmi penitentiali … a 6 voc. Lib. I.' (Ferrara, 1594); also secular songs, and several books of madrigals, including one containing 46 madrigals, 5 v., written for and dedicated to Henry, Earl of Arundel, in 1568. E. v. d. s.
16ALBERTI, KARL EDMUND ROBERT (b. Danzig, July 12, 1801; d. Berlin, 1874), theologian and musician, studied musical theory under Zelter at Berlin. He was chiefly known by his books on music: Die Musik in Kirche und Schule (1843), in which he points out the importance of music in education, gaining the approval both of Mendelssohn and of the King; Andeutungen zur Geschichte der Oper (1845); Richard Wagner, etc. (1856); Raphael u. Mozart (1856); L. v. Beethoven als dramatischer Tondichter (1859). After his retirement in 1866 he contributed to the Neue Berliner Musikzeitung. E. v. d. s.
18ALBERTI, LEONE BATTISTA (b. Florence, 1398; d. there, 1472), famous in almost all branches of science and art, was one of the finest organists of his time.
20ALBERTI, PIETRO, violinist in the service of the Prince de Carignan with whom he went to Paris in 1697, and played before Louis XVI. His 'Sonate a tre,' op. 1, were published by Roger, Amsterdam, in 1700.
22ALBERTI BASS, a familiar formula of accompaniment which first came prominently into fashion early in the 18th century. It consists of breaking the notes of a chord so that they lie conveniently under the left hand playing on a keyboard instrument, but its use is by no means confined to music for keyboard instruments. The name is derived from the composer, Domenico ALBERTI (q.v.).
24ALBERTINI, GIOVACCHINO (d. Warsaw, 1811), was Kapellmeister at the Polish Court, and a popular opera composer of his time. His first opera, 'Don Giovanni,' was followed by 'Le Maître de chapelle polonais' in the Polish language. His best-known works are: 'Circe' (Hamburg, 1785); 'Virginia' (Rome, 1786, also in London); 'Scipio Africano' (Rome, 1786). During the Polish revolution he went to Rome, but returned in 1804 to Warsaw. E. v. d. s.
26ALBERTO DA RIPA, see RIPA.
28ALBERTUS MAGNUS (d. Cologne, 1280), the great Dominican, scientist and philosopher, who wrote a treatise on music, published in a complete edition of his works by Pierre Jammi (Lyons, 1651). E. v. d. s.
30ALBICASTRO, HENRICO (HAINZ WEISSENBURG) DEL BISWANG, describes himself as an amateur on some of his title-pages. He was a Swiss who served as a captain of horse in the Spanish succession wars. He had the reputation of an excellent violinist and composer, and is probably identical with Heinrich Weysenbergh who, on Apr. 12, 1686, appears in the registers of Leyden University as 'Musicus Academiae,' as well as 'Rittmeister Henricus Albicastro.' He was of German origin, and was living in the Netherlands about 1700. Eight works of solo and trio sonatas, and one, op. 7, of twelve concerti a 4, enjoyed a European reputation (Eitner).
32ALBINI, FILIPPO, a Sardinian of Moucalieri, was chamber musician at the court of Turin, and published two books of 'Musicali concenti,' viz.: Op. 2, a 1, 2 and 4 v. (Milan, 1623), and 'Op. 4 … da cantarsi nel cembalo, tiorba, o arpa doppia a 1 e 2 v.' (Rome, 1626).
34ALBINONI, TOMASSO (b. Venice, latter half of 17th cent.), a voluminous composer and an
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