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Giovanni Gabrieli
Giovanni Gabrieli was an influential Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance period who worked in Venice in the late 16th century. He was known for developing styles that took advantage of spatialization achieved through the use of multiple choruses. He became the principal organist of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice in 1585 and spent his career between there and another Venetian church. Some of his most famous works include his sacred vocal and instrumental pieces Canzoni per sonare and motets. He helped represent the culmination of the Venetian style during a period of transition in musical history.
Giovanni Gabrieli
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- 2. Our Index (What willwe accomplish?) What musical period are we in? -characteristics, instrumentation, etc. Who Is GG? What did he do? When/where did he work?
- 3. The Renaissance RenaissanceMusic: defined as music written in Europe in the Renaissance… Period era: c.1400-1600 Influenced by: -the rise of humanistic thought -the Protestant reformation -printing press helped music publishing rise
- 4. The Renaissance (cont.) Chansons, motets, and masses came to be a popular practice with polyphony range, rhythm, harmony, form, and notation became expanded and changed with composers personal expression. New text settings would be put to practice, but primarily secular music was written Popular secular forms such as the chanson and madrigal spread throughout Europe. Courts employed virtuoso performers, both singers and instrumentalists Many familiar modern instruments including violin, guitar, lute, and new keyboard instruments would develop out of the era, presenting new ways to play new styles of music
- 5. So, Who isGG? c. 1554/57, – Aug. 12, 1610/12 One of 5 children Composer and Organist, studied with Orlando de Lassus at the court of Duke Albert V until c. 1579 He represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School, at the time of period shifts
- 6. 1584, GGis in Venice and becomes principal organist at Saint Mark’s Basilica in 1585 That year, he would also take over as principal composer Then take on the organist post at Scola Grande di San Rocco, where he would also spend his entire career San Rocco was the most prestigious and wealthy of all the Venetian confraternities Died c.1610/12 due to implications from a kidney stone
- 7. GG primarilywrote sacred vocal and instruemental music. Canzone e Sonate (published in 1615) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHSp sHcpRp8
- 8. Famous Works Canzoniper sonare (1608) -"Canzona per Sonare No. 2" by The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble;The Cleveland Brass Ensemble;The Chicago Brass Ensemble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIzd LqAiZkI
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