Canzona No. 16 from Canzoni e sonate (1615)

Composer: GABRIELI, Giovanni
  • Gabrieli’s canzonas were probably intended for performance during particularly significant Mass and Vespers services at the Basilica of San Marco.
  • The virtuosity of many of the basilica’s instrumental performers informs Gabrieli’s writing.
  • Gabrieli’s Canzona no. 16 is part of an instrumental collection he published in 1615, Canzoni e sonate.1

Sources

  1. David Bryant, “Gabrieli, Giovanni,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed October 8, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000040693.

Cut IDs

10096