Ignazio Albertini (Albertino) was an Italian Middle Baroque violinist and composer. Very little is known about Albertini’s life. He may have been born in Milan, but first surfaces in Vienna, in a letter exchange between the famous violinist Johann Heinrich Schmelzer of the Viennese court and Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn, Prince-Bishop of Olomouc. Apparently, Albertini was guilty of some sort of misconduct, but both Schmelzer and the Prince-Bishop express their high opinion of him as a musician. Albertini, who was highly regarded in Vienna died at the age of only forty-one. His 12 Sonatinas are in the tradition of the South-German-Austrian violin virtuosi, but distinguish themselves by daring harmonic turns.