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Death Anniversary: Domenico Alberti — October 14, 1746

14 October 2026
RomeThe Caffarelli Palace at the Campidoglio

He died in Rome on 14 October 1746. A celebrated Venetian singer and keyboard virtuoso, he entered musical history as the namesake of the ‘Alberti bass’, an arpeggiated accompaniment pattern that became a foundational texture of the classical keyboard style.

Dates verified on Treccani, DBI, vol. 1 (1960), voce "ALBERTI, Domenico" (https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/domenico-alberti_(Dizionario-Biografico)/); Grove Music Online, entry "Alberti, Domenico" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.00440).

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