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Baroque Renaissance Italian

GABRIELI, Giovanni

Born in Venice (probably), c.1554–7
Died in Venice, Aug 1612

  • Gabrieli studied with Orlando de Lasso in Munich.
  • Gabrieli spent most of his career at the Basilica of St. Mark (S. Marco) in Venice, where his colleagues included his uncle Andrea Gabrieli. Many of Gabrieli’s compositions feature brass, due to the wind ensemble tradition at San Marco.1

Biography

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.

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