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Fulgenzio Perotti
6+ albums
18th centuryitalian17th century
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Fulgenzio Perotti (fl 1739-1773) was an eighteenth-century Italian musician associated above all with Venice and with the cultivated world of instrumental music connected to its charitable institutions. Although little is known about his early life or personal background, surviving evidence places him within the Venetian musical ecosystem at a time when the city was a major centre for both sacred music and refined instrumental practice. He does not appear to have pursued a public career as an opera composer or virtuoso performer; instead, his historical presence is tied to instrumental pedagogy and composition, particularly in relation to the salterio (psaltery), an instrument that enjoyed renewed interest in Venetian circles during the early eighteenth century. Perotti’s name is most securely linked with the Ospedale della Pietà, the famous Venetian institution associated with Antonio Vivaldi and other leading musicians of the period. Modern accounts report that salterios were acquired by the Pietà and that Perotti was engaged there specifically as a teacher of the instrument, suggesting that he possessed recognised expertise at a time when specialised instruction was required. This association explains why his music has survived at all: Perotti appears not as a prolific composer with a large catalogue, but as a functional musician, writing and teaching within an institutional context that preserved select repertory for practical use. Today, Perotti is best known through a
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Psaltery Sonata: II. Andante
602Psaltery Sonata: I. Allegro
583Psaltery Sonata: III. Allegro con spirito
534Sonata for Psaltery & Continuo in G Major: I. Allegro
155Sonata for Psaltery & Continuo in G Major: II. Andante
156Sonata for Psaltery & Continuo in G Major: III. Allegro con spirito
157Sonata per Salterio: I. Allegro
48Andante
29Allegro
210I. Allegro
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