He returned in
Italy in 1801 and settled in
Venice where in 1811 he was appointed maestro in the
Cappella Marciana, position that he held till the death in 1855.
Perotti was essentially a composer of sacred music.
Compositions
Sacred music
Abele (orat, P. Metastasio), Bologna, 1794
La contadina nobile (comic op), Pisa, 1795, lost
Exultate Deo, 4vv, org (Venice, n.d.);
125 sacred works for soloists, chorus and orch, including masses, mass sections, canticles, hymns, Lamentations, motets, ps settings, vespers (in I-Vsm, Vlevi)