Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557–1612) was an Italian composer and organist.… Read Full Bio ↴Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557–1612) was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School, at the time of the shift from Renaissance to Baroque idioms.
He was probably born in Venice and probably studied with his uncle, the composer Andrea Gabrieli. He became the principal organist and composer at the church of San Marco in Venice, where his work made him one of the most noted composers in Europe. He used the church's unusual layout to create striking spatial effects. The vogue which began with his influential volume Sacrae symphoniae (1597) was such that composers from all over Europe, especially from Germany, went to Venice to study.
All of Gabrieli's secular vocal music was composed relatively early; later in his career he concentrated on sacred vocal and instrumental music, which exploited sonority for maximum effect. His best-known piece is arguably In Ecclesiis, which makes use of four separate groups of instrumental and singing performers, underpinned by the omnipresent organ and continuo.
Gabrieli was increasingly ill after about 1606, at which time church authorities began to appoint deputies to take over duties he could no longer perform. He died in 1612, of complications from a kidney stone.
He was probably born in Venice and probably studied with his uncle, the composer Andrea Gabrieli. He became the principal organist and composer at the church of San Marco in Venice, where his work made him one of the most noted composers in Europe. He used the church's unusual layout to create striking spatial effects. The vogue which began with his influential volume Sacrae symphoniae (1597) was such that composers from all over Europe, especially from Germany, went to Venice to study.
All of Gabrieli's secular vocal music was composed relatively early; later in his career he concentrated on sacred vocal and instrumental music, which exploited sonority for maximum effect. His best-known piece is arguably In Ecclesiis, which makes use of four separate groups of instrumental and singing performers, underpinned by the omnipresent organ and continuo.
Gabrieli was increasingly ill after about 1606, at which time church authorities began to appoint deputies to take over duties he could no longer perform. He died in 1612, of complications from a kidney stone.
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@hassanismael7126
Can’t have enough of this piece
@offaofmercia3329
Gabrieli brass just captivates me, often listen at Christmas putting up the tree when I just find the brass tones so festive and celebratory.
@hubertgachoud3353
Superbe ! Quelle découverte.
Encore merci et bravo et bonne continuation.
@MrGer2295
So beautiful ! Thanks for sharing :)
@p.r.h.7283
I saw this piece performed when Ny Phil did Stockhausen’s Gruppen. This piece blew my mind like everything that night.
@pjmccartan
Incredible music. Intelligence on a whole 'new' (old) level. Imagine what it was like back then when this was played.
@Nazdreg1
In Venice? Well, apart from a few petty conflicts in Italy and constant threat from the mighty Ottoman empire, religious prosecution due to Reformation and Counter reformation and a prosperous slave trade yeah I guess pretty cool.
And Venice was well off compared to many other areas. No thanks, I prefer today… ;)
Doesn't take away from the quality of the music btw. I love it.
@delross7746
Ah, the great Gabrieli's, uncle Andrea and (here) nephew Giovanni. Truly music with a confident and noble character. Impressive statements. The high point of Renaissance music....
@hassanismael7126
The ending just put me in a state of enlightenment
@butti9249
Magnificent!