Don Lorenzo Perosi

Monsignor Lorenzo Perosi (born 21 December 1872 in Tortona, Italy; died 12 October 1956) was far by the most significant Italian composer of sacred music during the turn of the nineteenth century. He had a considerable international success in the late 1890s and early 1900s; Romain Rolland praised him, and several popes including Pope St. Pius X befriended him.

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Despite many sources who erroneously give December 20th as Perosi's birthdate (include Grove), Mario Rinaldi, in the definitive biography on the composer (Lorenzo Perosi, Rome: Edizioni de Santis, 1967), gives the correct date of December 21st and on page 17 explains why that date is correct.

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1872: 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar)....

Tortona: For the medieval scholar Tortona, see Marziano da TortonaTortona is a comune of Piemonte, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy. Tortona is sited on the right bank of the Scrivia between the plain of Marengo and the foothills of the Ligurian Appennines....

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