Giovanni Gabrieli Research Paper

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Giovanni Gabrieli: Bridge to the Baroque?
Giovanni Gabrieli was a composer who did not follow the typical rules of composing during his lifetime. Giovanni Gabrieli was an important figure in the Renaissance and Baroque Era because of his work with antiphonal call and response type writing. Many people did not like that he was pulling away from the traditional style of composing at this time. Giovanni could have stopped his urge to change the music everybody knew, but he did not. Without composers like Giovanni the music that we all know today could potentially be very different. Giovanni Gabrieli bridged the gap between the Baroque and Renaissance era with this antiphonal style of writing.
Giovanni was one of five children born to Piero di Fais who was from Carnia, Italy. His early years are somewhat of a mystery due to the lack history, but it is possible that he was raised by his uncle, Andrea Gabrieli. Andrea describes Giovanni as “a little less than a son.” For some time Giovanni studied and was an apprentice for Orlando De Lasssus at the court of Duke Albrecht in Munich. Giovanni stayed in Munich until 1579 when the death of Duke
Albrecht occurred. Eventually his music would take him back to Italy, his homeland, and there he would remain for the rest of his life. …show more content…

Marks Cathedral in Venice Italy, and eventually it became permanent. He shared this experience with his uncle, Andrea, until Andrea’s death in 1585. After Andrea’s death, Giovanni continued edit and publish Andreas works in hopes to keep his name strong among the people. In 1585 Giovanni was asked to take over for Vincenzo Bellavere as organist at the Scuola Grande di St. Rocco. Giovanni held both these position until his death in 1612. Working in both of these cathedrals, that have a unique structure would eventually play a role in how he composed his

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