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Gregorio Allegri (c. 14 January 1582 – 17 February 1652)[1][2] was an Italian Catholic priest and composer of the Roman School and brother of Domenico Allegri; he was also a singer. He was born[3] and died in Rome. He is chiefly known for his Miserere for two choirs.
- ^ Gregorio Allegri classical.net, 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ Most contemporary sources give these dates; Chisholm (1911) gives year of birth as "either in 1560 or 1585" and death as 18 February 1652.
- ^ "Allegri, Gregorio" in Chambers's Encyclopædia. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 271.