Ignazio Albertini
Sign in to saveItalian violinist and composer (1644–1685)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1644
- Active to
- 1685-09-22
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italianbaroque17th century
Ignazio Albertini (Albertino) (c. 1644 – 22 September 1685) was an Italian Baroque violinist and composer. Very little is known about Albertini's life. He may have been born in Milan, but first surfaces in Vienna, in a letter exchange between the famous violinist Johann Heinrich Schmelzer of the Viennese court and Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn, Prince-Bishop of Olomouc. Apparently, Albertini was guilty of some sort of misconduct, but both Schmelzer and the Prince-Bishop express their hig