Alessandro Poglietti na Moravě
Alessandro Poglietti in Moravia

Summary/Abstract: The imperial court organist Alessandro Poglietti was an important and respected personality in his time, but only 22 years of his life are documented – from 1661 to his death in 1683. His main place of work was Vienna, but he also had a connection with Moravia and certainly resided there. He was acquainted with Count Anton Franz Collalto of Brtnice, who was the godfather of Poglietti’s children. He was involved in an inheritance dispute over a house in Vyškov and properties in Dědice, for which he tried to win the favour of Olomouc Bishop Karl Lichtenstein-Castelcorn and his officials, as evidenced by surviving letters. He made his will in Vyškov. Poglietti’s compositions have been preserved in autographs and copies in the Kroměříž music collection. The Department of the History of Music of the Moravian Museum in Brno has preserved Poglietti’s textbook Directorium und Manier. The study summarizes the findings to date and suggests directions for further research.

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