Paris Francesco Alghisi

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Paris Francesco Alghisi , also: Paride Francesco Alghisi, (born June 19, 1666 in Brescia ; † March 30, 1733 ibid) was an Italian composer, organist and conductor.

Live and act

Already in his early youth Alghisi was a student of Orazio Pollaroli , the organist at the Cathedral of Brescia . After studying law and philosophy, he was a member of the chapel of the Polish king from 1681 to 1683. Back in Brescia he was ordained a priest and he joined the order of S. Filippo Neri , whose conductor he became and for which he set 11 oratorios to music . In addition to his oratorios and other ecclesiastical vocal works, he continued to create secular music, such as two operas that were performed in Venice in 1690 and a collection of chamber sonatas (Modena, 1693).

Don Paris Francesco Alghisi was Kapellmeister at various churches in Brescia and at the Jesuit college "Collegio de 'Nobili". On February 10, 1701, Alghisi was appointed organist at the Cathedral of Brescia, which he held until his death. In 1706 he became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna.

In accordance with his last will, some of his unprinted works and letters came to the Disentis Benedictine monastery in Graubünden, the rest remained in the possession of the order in Brescia, and numerous works have been lost as a result of this process.

Works (selection)

Operas
  • L'amor di Curzio per la patria (Libretto by Giulio Cesare Corradi, 1690, Venice)
  • Il trionfo della continenza (libretto by Giulio Cesare Corradi, 1690, Venice)
Oratorios
  • La giornata del Diporto (1692)
  • Le piaghe sante da una ferita (1693)
  • La mensa bersagliatrice dell'eresia (1695)
  • Il trionfo della fede (1697)
  • Megera delusa (1698)
  • La gara del merito (1699)
  • Il transito del glorioso S. Antonio di Padoa (1700)
  • Il disinganno dell'intelletto (1701)
  • Il serafino nell'amare e cherubino nell'intendere (1703)
  • Il trionfo della sapienza (1704)
  • Lite in cielo tra la sapienza e la santità (1705)
vocal
  • Collection “Divote Canzonette” for an Ursuline monastery in Vienna
  • Collections of motets and cantatas
Chamber music
  • Sonata da camera a tre per 2 violini, violoncello / clavicembalo, op. 1 (1693, Modena)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robert Eitner: Biographical-bibliographical source lexicon of musicians and music scholars ... (1900)
  2. ^ LF Tagliano: Entry in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 2 (1960)
personal data
SURNAME Alghisi, Paris Francesco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Algisi, Paris Francesco; Alghisi, Paride Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Baroque composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1666
PLACE OF BIRTH Brescia
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1733
Place of death Brescia