Giovanni Gabrieli and the music of the Venetian High Renaissance / Denis Arnold.

Author/creator Arnold, Denis
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1979.
Descriptionviii, 322 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, music ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- The formative years -- Service at St. Mark's -- The organist -- The early music for Venetian festivals -- The madrigals -- The early instrumental music -- The grand ceremonial music -- The Scuola grande di S. Rocco -- The pupils -- The later instrumental music -- The later church music -- Envoi.
Abstract 'Giovanni Gabrieli, ye gods, what a man.' Thus Heinrich Schütz recalled his teacher, the greatest of that school of Venetian composers which flourished in the later Renaissance. This book, based on prolonged research in the Venetian archives, attempts a fresh appraisal of Gabrieli's music and pays particular attention to the social requirements which were of such importance in the Venice of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The book also devotes considerable space to Gabrieli's contemporaries--his uncle Andrea Gabrieli, Croce, Merulo, Bassano, and others--which sheds much light on a major school of composition.
General noteIncludes indexes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 304-308).
LCCN 77030382
ISBN0193152320
ISBN9780193152328
ISBN0193152479
ISBN9780193152472

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML410.G11 A8 1979 ✔ Available Place Hold