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	Miserere (Allegri) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Miserere by Gregorio Allegri is a piece of a cappella religious music (a setting of Psalm 50/51) composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII, probably during the 1630s, for use in the Sistine Chapel during matins on Wednesday and Friday of Holy Week.
		It was the last of twelve fauxbordon Miserere settings composed and chanted at the service since 1514 and the most popular: at some point, it became forbidden to transcribe the music and it was only allowed to be performed at those particular services, adding to the mystery surrounding it.
		The Miserere is one of the most often-recorded examples of late Renaissance music, although it was actually written during the chronological confines of the Baroque era; in this regard it is representative of the music of the Roman School of composers, who were stylistically conservative.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miserere_(Allegri) (690 words)

	Gregorio Allegri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gregorio Allegri (1582 – February 7, 1652) was an Italian composer and priest of the Roman School of composers.
		Among the musical compositions of Allegri were two volumes of concerti for five voices, published in 1618 and 1619; two volumes of motets for six voices, published in 1621; an edition of four-part sinfonia; five masses, two settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, as well as numerous motets which were not published in his lifetime.
		He was one of the earliest composers for stringed instruments, and Athanasius Kircher has given one specimen of this class of his works in the Musurgia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gregorio_Allegri (594 words)

	GREGORIO ALLEGRI - LoveToKnow Article on GREGORIO ALLEGRI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Among the musical compositions of Allegri were two volumes of concerti, published in 1618 and 1619; two volumes of motets, published in 1620 and 1621; besides a number of works still in manuscript.
		But the most celebrated composition of Allegri is the Miserere, still annually performed in the Sistine Chapel at Rome.
		The entire music performed at Rome in Holy Week, Allegri's Miserere included, has been issued at Leipzig by Breitkopf and Hartel, Interesting accounts of the impression produced by the performance at Rome may be found in the first volume of Mendelssohn's letters and in Miss Taylor's Letters from Italy.
	87.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AL/ALLEGRI_GREGORIO.htm (427 words)

	Mozart and Allegri's miserere (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gregorio Allegri (?1582-1652) wrote his nine-part Miserere (Latin: have mercy) to be sung by the choirs of the Sistine Chapel during Easter week and particularly when Tenebrae was celebrated.
		The Miserere is a setting of Psalm 51 and it is on this single composition that Allegri's fame rests.
		Allegri's Miserere was first sung sometime before 1638.
	www.geocities.com /geotassie/miserere.html (274 words)

	Classical Net Article - Allegri's Miserere
		Allegri's masterpiece was written sometime before 1638 for the annual celebration of the matins during Holy Week (the Easter celebration).
		For one, Mozart's transcription of Allegri's Miserere, important in that it would presumably also reflect the improvised passages performed in 1770 and thus document the style of improvisation employed by the papal choir, has never been found.
		The Miserere is sung twice on this disc (Astree E8524), the first being the ornamented version, followed by the Missa Vidi turbam magnum for six voices, three motets, and then the standard version of the Miserere closes out the disc.
	www.classical.net /music/comp.lst/works/allegri/miserere.html (1518 words)

	Allegri
		Gregorio Allegri was a singer and composer at the cathedrals of Fermo and Tivoli and later maestro di cappella of Spirito in Sassia, Rome, and a singer in the papal choir.
		Allegri's reputation rests on his Miserere, a psalm setting traditionally sung every Holy Week by the papal choir.
		Allegri was at his best in the a cappella style, as in his five masses, he also published three books of more up-to-date small-scale concertato church music.
	www.musica.co.uk /composers/Allegri.htm (138 words)

	Head Butler - Music
		This "Miserere" was the glory of Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652), known mostly as a singer in the Papal Chapel.
		Thus begins the second remarkable story about Allegri's "Miserere." In 1770, when he was just 12 years old, Mozart and his father came to Rome for Holy Week.
		Peter's and the Sistine Chapel were obvious destinations; on Wednesday, Mozart heard the "Miserere." That night, from memory, he transcribed it.
	www.headbutler.com /music/miserere.asp (361 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Miserere
		It is said by the penitent who is to be absolved from excommunication (in foro externo), and by the absolving priest in the case of a deceased excommunicate who had given some sign of contrition before death, the ceremony entitling to ecclesiastical burial.
		The thought of giving to this second Miserere a musical treatment more elaborate than the ordinary plain-song used for the psalms in general, and of making it serve as a climax to the dramatic ceremonial of the Tenebrae, is probably due to Leo X.
		In 1514 the Miserere was sung to a falsobordone.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10352c.htm (1445 words)

	Conclusions & Theories
		Tommaso Bai's setting of 1713 was produced to echo that of Allegri, and the psalm was later sung as a mixture of these two pieces.
		These are entirely in the form of trills and similar decorations, but have not been included due to their uncertain notation, and their nature, which is not based in the ornamentation of renaissance polyphony, but merely in baroque adornment.
		The nine part choir of the last verse is taken from Allegri's original, MSS 205 and 206, with the first tenor part superposed in keeping with the rest of the work.
	www.cappella.demon.co.uk /music/theories.html (2106 words)

	Allegri's Miserere
		Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652) was a singer in the Papal Chapel from 6th December 1629, until his death on 17th February 1652.
		He is almost exclusively known for his falsobordone setting of Psalm 51 (Vulgate Psalm 50), the Miserere mei, despite numerous other worthy compositions.
		But Allegri's original is far removed from this received version, so what has happened over the years to transform the work?
	www.cappella.demon.co.uk /music/intro.html (363 words)

	Amazon.com: Allegri: Miserere: Music: Gregorio Allegri,William Mundy,Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina,The Tallis ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Part of the power of the Miserere lies in its basic simplicity, which is one of the fundamental building blocks of spirituality.
		The Miserere is based on Psalm 51 (Allegri's setting is but one of many), the great penitential psalm of the Lenten season.
		Written at least a generation prior to Allegri's Miserere, Palestrina's Mass for Pope Marcellus II is likewise a composition in search of the absolute and absolving God.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000059GLW?v=glance (2645 words)

	Gregorio Allegri - Miserere - A Good-Music-Guide Review
		The Miserere is a work wrapped in legend and shrouded in mystery, and yet its origins are very plain, it being a setting of Psalm 51.
		Somebody powerful in the Vatican took a special liking to Allegri's Miserere soon after it was written and decreed that it was not to be copied or removed from the Vatican on pain of excommunication.
		His special interest was the music for the celebration of Easter in the Sistine Chapel, and it was this Burney that was the publisher of Allegri's Miserere.
	www.good-music-guide.com /reviews/046_allegri_miserere.htm (766 words)

	Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - Allegri
		Gregorio Allegri was born around 1582 in Rome.
		In addition to the prestige of belonging to this organization, and the attendant guaranteed salary for life, Allegri enjoyed the opportunity to study and consult with some of the finest musical minds of his time.
		Allegri's masterpiece, Miserere Mei, Deus, is a chant for five-part a cappella choir sung in the Sistine Chapel during Holy Week every year since it was composed sometime before 1638.
	www.classical.net /music/comp.lst/allegri.html (339 words)

	Gregorio Allegri - Classical music composer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A nine-part Miserere, which Mozart is said to have written down from memory after having heard it only once.
		Mendelssohn wrote about the performance in a letter that by the time the singing starts the church is completely dark, an one after the other the candles were lit while the choir sings the stanzas of the "Miserere".
		Allegri's dying day is sometimes also given as 7 February 1652, and on the picture you can seen on this page it even says he died on 18 February.
	www.classical-composers.org /cgi-bin/ccd.cgi?comp=allegri (677 words)

	ABC Shop - Allegri Miserere - Sacred Music of the Renaissance
		From the title track, Allegri's hauntingly beautiful Miserere, to the splendour of Thomas Tallis' 40-part Spem in alium, this is music of spiritual rejuvenation and sublime aural pleasure.
		Very much a companion to Prayer for Peace, one of the best-selling albums of 2002, Allegri Miserere: Sacred Music of the Renaissance features over 70 minutes of choral masterpieces.
		Allegri's Miserere made it into the Top 10 of the Classic 100, so if music such as that holds you spellbound, then you will love this CD.
	shop.abc.net.au /browse/product.asp?productid=348194&promoid=159 (201 words)

	Sacred Treasures II by Metamorphoses, Vladimir Ivanoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The psalm "Miserere mei Deus" is a prayer for mercy, contrition, purification, and renewal.
		Since the 1630's, Allegri's famous setting has been sung at dawn during Holy Week while the Pope kneels in prayer in the solemn candlelit atmosphere of the Sistine Chapel.
		This contemporary version, which incorporates material composed by VLADIMIR IVANOFF, was recorded in the spectral grandeur of Osnabruck Cathedral; "Miserere" joins the ethereal harmonies of the OSNABRUCK YOUTH CHOIR with the elegiac brass tones of the cornetto, recreating the mystery and the timeless beauty of this sacred classic.
	www.hos.com /album.lasso?shortcatno=112 (101 words)

	andante boutique - miserere : works by allegri, scarlatti, leo - ensemble william byrd, graham o'reilly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A fascinating work, still shrouded in mystery, Allegri's Miserere was composed in the early seventeenth century.
		Gregorio Allegri, Miserere mei, Deus a 9 voci psaume 50: Christus factus est (MPW) - Miserere mei, Deus: Marie-Pierre Wattiez, Brigitte Vinson, Christophe Laporte, Vincent Darras, François Fauché, Catherine Greuillet, Sophie Decaudaveine, Gemma Coma-Alabert, Bruno Boterf, Graham O'Reilly, Ensemble William Byrd, 2001
		1-11 Miserere mei, Deus a 9 voci psaume 50 17:06
	www.andante.com /boutique/shop/index.cfm?action=displayProduct&iProductID=606 (522 words)

	Buywell Just Classical - 'Allegri Miserere - Sacred music of the Renaissance' CD Label: ABC Classics, Cat. No. 472 ...
		Very much a companion to Prayer for Peace, one of the best-selling ABC Classics albums of 2002, Allegri Miserere: Sacred Music of the Renaissance features over 70 minutes of choral masterpieces.
		Allegri's Miserere (heard in innumerable films) made it into the Top 10 of ABC Classic FM's Classic 100 listener survey, so if music such as that holds you spellbound, then you will love this CD.
		Allegri, Byrd, De La Rue, Du Fay, Josquin des Prez, Lotti, Ockeghem, Palestrina, Parsons, Praetorius, Tallis, Victoria.
	www.buywell.com /cgi-bin/buywellic2/02444.html (191 words)

	Allegri: Miserere - shop.derkeiler.com Product Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		These performances were among the group's earliest recordings and helped catapult them into the forefront of specialists in this demanding repertoire.
		The Allegri became a favorite back in the 1970s, a sort of choral equivalent of Albinoni's Adagio, in which repetition serves as the driving force.
		Allegri's Miserere does get slightly repetitive, but if all the recordings I have I like this one the best.
	shop.derkeiler.com /products/asinsearch_B000059GLW (496 words)

	Allegri, Gregorio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Miserere composed for the Sistine Chapel, is unusual in that it is scored for 9 voice parts.
		He composed church music of which his Miserere was most famous.
		Mozart, however, was so impressed with the Miserere that he violated the law and wrote it out by memory after hearing it only twice.
	stevenestrella.com /composers/composerfiles/allegri1652.html (208 words)

	Allegri's Miserere Mei \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		March 23, 2005 11:03 AM Gregorio Allegri's Miserere Mei [MP3, Coral cache] has been performed in the Sistine Chapel every Holy Week since 1638, but the haunting a cappella piece had a long, strange trip to get to the outside world.
		Both Allegri's Miserere and the 51st Psalm (on which the work was based) have been nodal elements in my life.
		While the linked MP3 is a bit screechy, I would recommend the recording mentioned in the linked CD review and history; the Tallis Scholars capture perfectly the ethereal "choir of angels" effect magnifying the psalmist's own grieved guilt.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/40663 (749 words)

	eBay - allegri miserere, CDs, Records items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ALLEGRI MISERERE Kings College Choir WILLCOCKS ARGO LP
		MISERERE / PALESTRINA / MISSA PAPAE MARCELLI by ALLEGRI
		CFP 40339 Allegri Miserere Tallis Scholars Phillips LP
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=allegri+miserere&... (320 words)

	Amazon.com: Allegri-Miserere: Music: Gregorio Allegri,Johann Sebastian Bach,Samuel Barber,Hector Berlioz,Geoffrey ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Composer: Gregorio Allegri, Johann Sebastian Bach, et al.
		Although the frighteningly near perfect Allegri Miserere is worth noting, the equally beautiful Gardiner "Evening Hymn" is alone enough to purchase this album.
		Find a time when you can be uninterrupted for an hour and a half, throw this disc in the CD player, and relax as Richard Marlow's Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge takes you all new levels of awe.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000024CQ?v=glance (1131 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Miserere - Religious Choral Music: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Composer: Gregorio Allegri, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, et al.
		A compilation CD of Tudor/ Renaissance church music, including two of the unaccompanied greats of this period: Allegri's Miserere (of Vatican/ Mozart fame) and Tallis' Spem in Alium.
		The whole collection connects Stephen Cleobury's role as musical director of the choirs of Westminster Cathedral and King's College, Cambridge, within the space of a few years in the 1980's; plus a couple of tracks dating from Sir David Willcocks' time at King's.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004Z1BC (962 words)

	Allegri, Miserere at CD Universe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Allegri: Miserere / The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
		Allegri: Miserere, Messe, Motets / A Sei Voci
		Allegri: Miserere; Gabrieli, et al / Cleobury, Willcocks
	www.cduniverse.com /classical.asp?comp=Allegri&perf=&orch=&work=Miserere&cond=&labl=&albm=&CatID=&style=classical&ctype=advs&go.x=13&go.y=12&frm=lk_classiccat (316 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
		The "big number" here is the justly famous but technically challenging Miserere setting by 17th-century Italian composer Gregorio Allegri.
		The ensemble sound is solid and well-balanced, and the soprano soloist dispatches those high Cs with clear, ringing confidence.
		A Miserere by Orazio Benevolo and Jean Mouton's Adjutorium nostrum deserve special mention.
	www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=2465 (276 words)

	Allegri - Last.fm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Miserere Mei, Deus (vv.14 and 1720) (from the film Chariots of Fire)
		Miserere Mei Deus (Psalm 51), Motet for Chorus
		We don't have an image for Allegri yet.
	www.last.fm /music/Allegri (153 words)

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