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Giovanni Gabrieli
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Giovanni Gabrieli was organist and composer at St Mark's in Venice, a church with galleries facing each other. He wrote for groups of singers and wind players who answered one another from different places, and he was one of the first to notate precisely which instrument plays which part. In his Sonata pian e forte (1597) he also indicates when to play softly and when loudly. His pupil Heinrich Schütz took that style to Germany.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the Sonata pian e forte and hear how the soft, dark group of wind instruments is suddenly answered by the full, loud tutti.
Sacrae symphoniae: Sonata pian e forte (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner) · Giovanni Gabrieli, 1597
In ecclesiis (Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh) · Giovanni Gabrieli, 1615
Canzon septimi toni a 8 (Concerto Palatino) · Giovanni Gabrieli, 1597
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- Venetian polychoral style Genre
Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli developed that into music for several choirs with cornetts, trombones and violins.
See also
Categories: ArtistsVenetian polychoral style