In fact, musical posers were not uncommon in his day (see the lyrics to the song "Musica Son", by Francesco Landini, for complaints to this effect.
* Alberti sam, v kratki avtobiografiji napisani okoli 1438 v latinščini in v tretji osebi, (večina, a ne vsi strokovnjaki menijo, da to delo je avtobiografijo) pravi, da je bil sposoben "stati z nogami skupaj in skočiti čez moško glavo".