Gabrieli, Giovanni

Period: Renaissance

Born: c. 1554 in Venice, Italy

Died: Sunday, August 12, 1612 in Venice, Italy

Nation of Origin: Italy

Major Works:
Antiphonal sacred works (for performance by voices and instruments in St. Mark's church in Venice)
2 sets of Sacrae Symphoniae (1597 and 1615)

Other Information:
Quick Facts

• Year of birth is estimated at somewhere between 1554 and 1557.
• Nephew and student of Andrea Gabrieli, an organist at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice
• Worked in Munich as assistant to Lassus in the court chapel from 1575 to 1579.
• Became an organist at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice in 1585.
• Taught the composer, Schütz.

General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629

Reese, Gustave, Music in the Renaissance, W.W. Norton & Company; November 1959, ISBN: 0393095304

Sachs, Curt, The Rise of Music in the Ancient World , W. W. Norton & Company, 1943, ASIN: 0393097188

Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390

Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257

Links to essays at other sites:

Music in the Renaissance by Gustave Reese

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Biographical essay at the Karadar site
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Biographical essay at the Naxos site
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