Girolamo Alessandro Biaggi

Girolamo Alessandro Biaggi (February 2, 1819 – March 21, 1897) was an Italian composer, critic, and teacher of music.

[1] Biaggi was a pupil of Nicola Vaccaj and Alessandro Rolla, studying composition and violin at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini from 1829 to 1839.

After taking part in the Five Days of Milan, he was appointed a secretary of the provisional government of Milan, after the Salasco armistice, he left Italy for Paris.

After his return to Italy in 1860, he contributed to numerous newspapers and magazines including La Nazione and Nova Antologia.

He wrote for the Gazette d'Italia under the pen name d'Ippolito d'Albano.