Download or read book 'Allegri's Miserere' in the Sistine Chapel written by Graham O'Reilly and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2020 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Miserere by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) is one of the most popular, oft performed and recorded choral pieces of late Renaissance/early Baroque music. Yet the piece known today bears little resemblanceto Allegri's original or to the piece as it was performed before 1870.