Ignazio Cirri or Giacomo Matteo Ignazio Cirri (20 September 1711 – 13 July 1787) was an Italian

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...

and composer in the 18th century. He was the brother of composer

Giovanni Battista Cirri Giovanni Battista Cirri (1 October 1724 – 11 June 1808) was an Italian cellist and composer in the 18th century. Biography Cirri was born in Forlì in the Emilia-Romagna Region of Italy. He had his first musical training with his brother Ig ...

and the father of composer and violoncellist Giovanni Battista Cirri (born 1740). He was born and died in

Forlì Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna. The city is situated along the Via E ...

(current

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). He was a friend of

Giovanni Battista Martini Giovanni Battista or Giambattista Martini, O.F.M. Conv. (24 April 1706 – 3 August 1784), also known as Padre Martini, was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar, who was a leading musician, composer, and music historian of the period ...

, who had a portrait of Ignazio Cirri among his valuable men's portraits. In 1759, he became

Maestro di cappella (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

in the Cathedral of

and he was admitted in the

Philharmonic Academy of Bologna The Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna ("philharmonic academy of Bologna"; sometimes known in English as the Bologna Academy of Music) is a music education institution in Bologna, Italy. The Accademia de' Filarmonici was founded as an associ ...

Published works

* ''Twelve Sonatas for Organ'', Op. 1, published in

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* ''Six Sonatas for the Harpsichord with an accompaniment for a Violin'', Op. 2, also published in London. Many other works remain unpublished; the manuscripts are kept in the archive of the Cathedral of

Free scores

Discs

* Ignazio Cirri, ''Dodici Sonate per l'Organo'', played by Andrea Macinanti and Francesco Tasini; organs by Gaetano Callido in the Cathedral of Forlì, La Bottega Discantica, 1997. * Ignazio Cirri, "Sei Sonate per clavicembalo con accompagnamento di violino", Ensemble Sezione Aurea, Luca Giardini violin, Filippo Pantieri harpsichord, Passacaille 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cirri, Ignazio 1711 births 1787 deaths People from Forlì Italian male classical composers Italian musicians Italian organists Male organists Italian Classical-period composers 18th-century Italian composers 18th-century Italian male musicians 18th-century keyboardists