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.

Biographies

Italian

• Rinaldi, Mario Lorenzo Perosi (Rome: Edizioni de Santis, 1967)
• Glinski, Matteo Lorenzo Perosi (Milan: Ricordi, 1953)
• Damerini, Adelmo Lorenzo Perosi (Milan: Casa Editrice Bietti, 1953)

English

• Ciampa, Leonardo Don Lorenzo Perosi (in preparation), 2006