Francesco Antonio Vallotti

Training under Francesco Antonio Calegari is recorded. Giuseppe Sarti and Georg Joseph Vogler are recorded as having studied under Francesco Antonio Vallotti. The recorded working language is Italian. Work by Francesco Antonio Vallotti is recorded in the collections of Procuratoria di San Marco musical archive.

• Name — Francesco Antonio Vallotti • Born — 11 June 1697 • Birthplace — Vercelli • Died — 10 January 1780 • Place of death — Padua • Genre — Classical • Occupation — Composer, Music theorist, Organist, Priest • Instrument — Organ • Illustration — Francesco Antonio Vallotti

He was born in Vercelli. He studied with G. A. Bissone at the church of St. Eusebius. Noticed by the Padre Beccaria of Vercelli, he was sent to complete the novitiate in Chamberry circa 1715. He returned to Savoy and joined the Franciscan order in 1716. He studied philosophy in Cuneo and theology in Padua. He was ordained as a priest in 1720. In 1722 he became an organist at the Basilica di Sant'Antonio in Padua, and eventually become maestro there in 1730, succeeding maestro Calegari, and held that position for the next fifty years. Here he met and worked with another theorist and composer named Giuseppe Tartini. Vallotti died in Padua on 10 January 1780.

Vallotti's extant compositions are entirely sacred in nature. They include: • Responsorial for four voices accompanied by harpsichord • Responsorial for sabbato sancto • Responsorial for coena domini Many of his works remain only in manuscript. These include: • 12 Introits for 5 and 8 voices • 24 Kyries, 24 Glorias, and 21 Credos for 4 and 5 voices • 68 Psalms for 2 and 8 voices and instruments • 46 Hymns • 10 Responsorials • 3 Dies Irae for 4 voices and instruments • 2 Pange lingua • 15 Tantum ergo • 2 Te Deum • 2 De profundis • 1 Sepulto domino, vespers and other compositions He also orchestrated 43 sacred pieces by his former master Calegari, and an Introit in 5 voices by Porta.