Fulgenzio Perotti (fl 1739-1773) was an eighteenth-century Italian musician associated above all with Venice and with the cultivated world of instrumental music connected to its charitable institutions. Although little is known about his early life or personal background, surviving evidence places him within the Venetian musical ecosystem at a time when the city was a major centre for both sacred music and refined instrumental practice. He does not appear to have pursued a public career as an opera composer or virtuoso performer; instead, his historical presence is tied to instrumental pedagogy and composition, particularly in relation to the salterio (psaltery), an instrument that enjoyed renewed interest in Venetian circles during the early eighteenth century. Perotti’s name is most securely linked with the Ospedale della Pietà, the famous Venetian institution associated with Antonio Vivaldi and other leading musicians of the period. Modern accounts report that salterios were acquired by the Pietà and that Perotti was engaged there specifically as a teacher of the instrument, suggesting that he possessed recognised expertise at a time when specialised instruction was required. This association explains why his music has survived at all: Perotti appears not as a prolific composer with a large catalogue, but as a functional musician, writing and teaching within an institutional context that preserved select repertory for practical use. Today, Perotti is best known through a Sonata for salterio and basso continuo in G major, a work that has been revived in modern recordings devoted to Venetian instrumental music. The sonata reflects the elegant, clear textures typical of Venetian chamber writing and stands as evidence of the salterio’s role alongside more familiar instruments of the period. While his surviving output is small, Perotti occupies a distinctive niche as a representative of a specialised instrumental tradition, illustrating how Venice’s musical life extended beyond opera houses and concert halls into pedagogical and devotional settings where quieter forms of artistry flourished. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Fulgenzio+Perotti">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.