Alvise Balbi

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Aliases: Aloisio Balbi; Luigi Alvise Balbi; Luigi Alciso Balbi; Luigi Aluigi Balbi; Luigi Aloysius Balbi

Life

Born: ca 1570, MGG: 1585

Died: ca 1625, MGG: 1621

Biography Luigi was a student of his uncle, Ludovico Balbi. He is first documented as a singer at San Marco Venice in 1585, moving to the Basilica of S Antonio, Padua the same year and becoming organist there. After serving as maestro di cappella at the Carità in Venice and in Zara, he returned to Venice as a chorister. He later directed the Cappella del Santo, Padua from 1615 until its dissolution in 1621.

List of choral works

 
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Publications

External links

Works by Alvise Balbi in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)