Vincenzo Albrici was an Italian composer.

Vincenzo was born as the son of singer who settled from Marche

Marche

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 in Rome. In 1641 he became a student on Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum

Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum

The Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum or simply Collegium Germanicum is a German-speaking seminary for Roman Catholic priests in Rome, founded in 1552. Since 1580 its full name has been Pontificium Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum de Urbe....

 under Giacomo Carissimi

Giacomo Carissimi

Giacomo Carissimi was an Italian composer, one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque, or, more accurately, the Roman School of music.-Biography:...

. In 1647 he was paid as an organist in the Santa Maria in Vallicella

Santa Maria in Vallicella

Santa Maria in Vallicella, also called Chiesa Nuova, is a church in Rome, Italy, which today faces onto the main thoroughfare of the Corso Vittorio Emanuele...

. In 1652 he was invited by Alessandro Cecconi and started to work for Queen Christina of Sweden together with his brother, who joined the boys' choir. His father, an alto

Alto

Alto is a musical term, derived from the Latin word altus, meaning "high" in Italian, that has several possible interpretations.When designating instruments, "alto" frequently refers to a member of an instrumental family that has the second highest range, below that of the treble or soprano. Hence,...

, sang Our Lord in Swedish when she abdicated in June 1654. Albrice stayed in Stockholm when Charles X became king.

Then Albrici became joint vice-kapellmeister with Giovanni Andrea Bontempi under Heinrich Schutz

Heinrich Schütz

Heinrich Schütz was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi...

 in Dresden (1659). Vincenzo's brother Bartolomeo Albrici, took up the position of organist.

Vincenzo and his sister Leonora, also a singer, went to England and became part of the King's Italian Musicke. Bartolomeo joined them in 1666 and remained in England when Vincenzo returned to Dresden. In 1681 he gained the post of organist at the Thomaskirche, a position which required conversion to Protestantism. After a few months already he moved to the Augustine church of St. Thomas, in Mala Strana, Prague

St Thomas' Church, Prague

Saint Thomas Church is an Augustinian church in Malá Strana, Prague, Czech Republic. The address is at Josefská 8. The church was rebuilt in the 1720s.-References:...

 for the rest of his life.

Works, editions and recordings

Most of his works in Dresden were destroyed in the nine-day July 1760 bombardment of Dresden

Siege of Dresden

The Siege of Dresden took place in July 1760 during the Seven Years War when a Prussian force led by Frederick the Great unsuccessfully besieged the city of Dresden in Saxony....

 by the Prussian army, but 35 vocal works survive in the Düben collection

Düben collection

The Düben collection is a collection of musical manuscripts named after the original collector, Gustaf Düben held in the Uppsala University Library which preserves includes many unicae of German baroque music, in particular the only surviving copies of many works by Dieterich Buxtehude.-Selected...

 in Uppsala

Uppsala

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• Concerti Sacri a 1, 2, 3 voci con strumenti, Cappella Augustana Matteo Messori. Label: Musica Rediviva.