1. one of the most influential musicians of his time Giovanni Gabrieli
2. Early Life of Gabrieli Venice Born, between 1554 and 1557 Raised and taught under his uncle/composer Andrea Gabrieli -He was a composer/organist of the late Renaissance One of five children
3. Gabrieli Went to Munich to study under Orlando de Lassus He was one of the two most famous and influential musicians in Europe. Lassus was to be one of the principal influences on the development of Gabrieli musical style 1584 returned to Venice to be principle organist at San Marco diVenezia (St. Mark’s Basilica) The next year he took over the principle composer also.
4. Gabrieli Gabrieli’s career rose when he took the post of organist at Scuola Grande de San Rocco which he worked the rest of his life. Because he worked there it made him one of the most noted composers in Europe.
5. Music and Style In his life time Gabrieli composed in many of the forms current at the time, but he preferred sacred vocal and instrumental music. All of his secular vocal was in his earlier years. In his late years he concentrated on sacred vocal and instrumental.
6. His works Gabrieli's first motets were published alongside his uncle Andrea's compositions in his 1587 volume of Concerti. These pieces show much influence of his uncle's style in the use of dialogue and echo effects Like in Giovanni's 1597 SacraeSymphoniae seem to move away from this technique of close antiphony towards a model in which musical material is not simply echoed, but developed by successive choral entries.
7. Music Canzon Per Sonare #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca6XRhgm48M This recording takes one of those early publications as its starting point, issued by Alessandro Raverii in 1608. The choice could be considered quite arbitrary, considering the volume contains music by 12 different composers and little (if any) of it was written specifically for this publication. However, Gabrieli is well served by this programming; all six of the canzons he contributed to the publication are presented, and the selection of works by his contemporaries and recent predecessors gives a fascinating insight into the environment in which he worked.
