Background

Domenico was born on 1707 Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Career

In 1737 he was attached to the suite of the Venetian ambassador at Rome and was a much-admired singer and player. Alberti Domenico first attracted notice as an amateur singer, developing into a pianist and composer of easy popular piano-music, also 3 operas, Endimione, Galatea, Olimpiade.

Achievements

• Alberti Dominico is still known to fame as the first to develop and extensively employ the style of broken-chord bass-accompainment, in similar figures, named “Alberti” or ‘‘ Albertinian bass” after him.