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Paris Francesco Alghisi (June 19, 1666 – March 29–30, 1733) was an Italian organist and composer. He was born in and died in Brescia, Republic of Venice.

Notable works

Operas

  • L'amor di Curzio per la patria (libretto by G. C. Corradi, 1690, Venice)
  • Il trionfo della continenza (libretto di G. C. Corradi, 1690, Venice)

Oratorios

All oratorios were premiered in Brescia.

  • 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)

Other works

  • Sonata da camera for 2 violins and violoncello/clavicembalo, op.1 (1693, Modena)
  • Cantate (1694, Bologna)
  • Suaves accentus (mottetto per soprano, archi e organo)
  • Divote canzonette
  • Credo a quatro, per archi, organo e tastiera
  • Various sacred works

References

  • L. Cozzando: Libraria bresciana, prima e seconda parte nuovamente aperta dal M.R.P. Maestro Leonardo Cozzando, servita Bresciano (Brescia, 1694)
  • F. Dalola: Memorie spettanti alla vita del servo di Dio P.F. Alghisi da Brescia (Florence)
  • A. Valentini: I musicisti bresciani e il Teatro Grande (Brescia, 1894)
  • M.T.R. Barezzani e altri: La musica a Brescia nel Settecento (Brescia, 1981)
  • M.T.R. Barezzani: La pratica strumentale nelle feste accademiche del Settecento, Cultura, religione e politica nell'età de Angelo Maria Querini, pp. 607–22 (Brescia, 1982)
  • O. Termini: Organists and Chapel Masters at the Cathedral of Brescia (1608–1779), Note d'archivio, vol. III, pp. 73–90 (1985)
  • O. Termini: Instrumental Music and Musicians at S. Maria della Pace in Brescia at the End of the Seventeenth Century, Liuteria e musica strumentale a Brescia tra Cinque e Seicento, vol. II, pp. 355–88 (Brescia, 1992)


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