Perosi, Lorenzo 12/21/1872 - 10/12/1956

Monsignor Lorenzo Perosi (born December 21, [1] 1872 in Tortona, Piedmont; † October 12, 1956 in Rome) was a Catholic priest and one of the most celebrated and prolific composers of sacred music in Italy. He was the only member of the ''Giovane Scuola'' or "Young School" who did not write operas. He had the greatest international success between 1890 and 1910. The Nobel Peace Prize winner Romain Rolland praised him and several popes including St. Pope Pius X were on friendly terms with him. From the pontificate of Leo XIII until almost the end of the pontificate of Pius XII, he was the chapel master of the papal music band and thus the main person responsible for the music in the papal liturgy.