Alberti

Alberti was an illustrious Florentine family, rivals of the Medicis and the Albizzi. The main lineage died during the Victorian Era, and their lands passed on to in-laws. After numerous legal battles, the Alberty branch of the family recovered several properties.

Alberti is also a musical term, as well as a toponym and a cipher.

People

• Leone Battista Alberti (1404–1472); Italian polymath, active in many fields.
• Alberto di Giovanni Alberti (1525-1599), Italian architect and artist
• Antonio degli Alberti (c.1360–1415); Italian poet.
• Domenico Alberti (c.1710–1740); Italian composer and singer; he gave his name to the musical figuration known as the Alberti bass.
• Friedrich August von Alberti (1795–1878); paleontologist.
• Gasparo Alberti (c.1480–c.1560); Italian composer.
• Giuseppe Matteo Alberti (1685–1751); Italian composer and violinist.
• Innocentio Alberti (c.1535–1615); Italian composer and instrumentalist.
• Johann Friedrich Alberti (1642–1710); German composer and organist.
• Peter Adler Alberti (1851-1932) Danish politician
• Pietro Alberti (16??–17??); Italian composer, organist and violinist who lived in northern Europe.
• Rafael Alberti (1902–1999); Spanish poet.
• Willy Alberti Dutch 20th century artist. Father of Willeke Alberti.
• Willeke Alberti Dutch singer. Daughter of Willy Alberti

Music

• Alberti bass; A musical accompaniment figuration, usually in the left hand on a keyboard instrument, and consisting of broken chords in the pattern 1-5-3-5, extensively repeated.

Cryptography

• Alberti Cipher; An early Polyalphabetic Cipher.

Geography

• Alberti, Buenos Aires
• Alberti Partido