Orazio Tigrini

(c.1535 - 1591)



Italian composer and theorist. Except for the years 1571 to 1587, when he was maestro di cappellaat Orvieto cathedral, he worked from 1560 until his death in Arezzo, ultimately becoming maestroat the cathedral. He published madrigals, psalms and a treatise on counterpoint and composition.



IVO: Sacred Music in the Italian Cinquecentooutside Venice and Rome