Background
Albergati was born on September 20, 1663, in Bologna, Abruzzi, Italy. The Albergatis was one of the most eminent families of the Bolognese nobility, and Count Pirro Albergati himself was an ambassador, confident of Leopold I, Emperor of Austria, member of the City Council of Elders, and gonfalonier of the city of Bologna.
Career
Count Pirro Albergati was ambassador, confident of Leopold I, Emperor of Austria, member of the city Council of Elders, and gonfaloniere of the city of Bologna.
From 1685 he became a member of the confraternity Santa Maria della Morte for whom he composed most of his 17 oratorios. From 1728 Albergati also held the mainly honorary post of maestro di cappella in Puiano near Urbino in the last years of his life. His sacred works include 4 masses.