Aldrovandini was born in 1672 or 1673 in Bologna and studied with the
long-lived G. A. Perti (1661-1756), maestro di cappella first at S.
Pietro (1690), then at S. Petronio (from 1696 to his death). Two of
Aldrovandini's oratorios were performed in 1691, and four years later he
became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica, becoming its head ("
principe") in 1702.
From that year on, he was also honorary maestro di
cappella to the Duke of Mantua, and later he was also a member of the
Accademia del Santo Spirito in Ferrara.
In addition and in the best
Bolognese tradition, he wrote three sonatas for trumpet, strings, and
continuo, and three more for two trumpets, strings, and continuo, the
latter of which are published here for the first time complete and in
their original key of D major.