Alberti, Gasparo (c. 1480-c. 1560)

Italian composer, a singer at the Church of Sta Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, from 1508. He was one of the earliest exponents of the compositional technique known as cori spezzati (Italian ‘broken choir’), where a body of singers is divided into smaller groups performing alternately and all together.

Works Church music five Masses, three Passions, and other church music.