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Gabrieli was born in Venice.He was one of five children, and his father came from the region of Carnia and went to Venice shortly before Giovanni's birth. While not much is known about Giovanni's early life, he probably studied with his uncle, the composer Andrea Gabrieli, who was employed at St Mark's Basilica from the 1560s until his death in 1585.
In Ecclesiis is one of Giovanni Gabrieli's most famous single works. An example of polychoral techniques, it also epitomizes Baroque and Renaissance styles, with its use of hexachord-based harmonies, chromatic mediants, movement by fifths, pedal points and extended plagal cadences.
Gabrieli's Sonata pian ’e forte is a through-composed work, the structure of which is defined by dialogue between the two instrumental choirs. The formal division into an initial section (mm. 1–31), a longer, relatively complex middle section (mm. 31–71) and a final section (mm. 71–81) conforms to the conventions prevalent at the time.
The peak of development of the Venetian School was in the 1580s, when Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli composed enormous works for multiple choirs, groups of brass, string instruments and organ. These works are the first to include dynamics, and are among the first to include specific instructions for ensemble instrumentation.
Andrea Gabrieli: 1532/1533 – 1585 Italian Uncle of Giovanni Gabrieli: Gianmatteo Asola: c. 1532 – 1609 Italian Claudio Merulo: 1533 – 1604 Italian Simon Moreau: fl. 1553–1558: Franco-Flemish Francesco Soto de Langa: 1534 – 1619 Italian Lodovico Agostini: 1534 – 1590 Italian Illegitimate son of Agostino Agostini: Pietro Taglia: fl. c ...
Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1533 [1] – August 30, 1585) was an Italian [1] composer and organist of the late Renaissance.The uncle of the somewhat more famous Giovanni Gabrieli, he was the first internationally renowned member of the Venetian School of composers, and was extremely influential in spreading the Venetian style in Italy as well as in Germany.
Pages in category "Compositions by Giovanni Gabrieli" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. I.
Andrea Gabrieli (c.1532–1585), composer and organist at San Marco di Venezia; Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1554–1612), composer and organist at San Marco di Venezia; Chris Gabrieli (born 1960), American politician; John Gabrieli, American neuroscientist; Ugo Gabrieli (born 1989), Italian footballer