Bonaventura Aliotti, O.F.M., (1640 in Palermo – 1690), was an Italian Franciscan friar, organist and composer.

Bonaventura Aliott
Born1640
Died1690
NationalityItalian
OccupationFranciscan friar

Organist

Composer.

Aliotti, also known as Padre Palermino, worked in Palermo and like his teacher Giovanni Battista Fasolo belonged to the Franciscan Order. In 1671 he moved to Padua and then in 1674 to Ferrara as organist of the lay confraternity Confraternita della Morte. Four of his eleven oratorios survive.[1]

Works edit

  • Il Sansone (1686)[2]
  • Il Trionfo della morte per il peccato d’Adamo (1685)
  • Santa Rosalia (1687)[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Composers biography : Ai - Al". Dolmesch. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  2. ^ Recording by Ensemble Elyma, directed by Gabriel Garrido, K617, 2001.
  3. ^ Billio, Nicoletta (1991). "La Santa Rosalia (1687) di Bonaventura Aliotti". In Maria Antonella Balsano; Giuseppe Collisani (eds.). Ceciliana, per Nino Pirrotta. Palermo: Flaccovio. ISBN 88-7804-100-9. Archived from the original on 2006-05-07. Retrieved 2010-04-11.