Heir to the illustrious tradition of Venetian polyphonic and polychoral music, Giovanni Gabrieli progressively modified his musical language in the direction of the ‘new’ stile concertato with basso continuo and certain features of the...
moreHeir to the illustrious tradition of Venetian polyphonic and polychoral music, Giovanni Gabrieli progressively modified his musical language in the direction of the ‘new’ stile concertato with basso continuo and certain features of the new expressive style which developed in the context of Florentine monody and the Mantuan madrigal.
In Venice, this process was not without consequences for the formation of the younger generation of musicians (Venetian and non-Venetian). In the footsteps of his uncle, Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni had established what was nothing short of a school (with price lists and programmes), populated by a considerable number of young musicians from all over Europe. Gabrieli’s infl uence on his Northern pupils has been partially investigated; less clear and certainly more problematic is his contribution to the formation of a local compositional tradition.
Leaving aside Gabrieli’s unquestionable importance as composer and innovator in the fi eld of instrumental music, the situation is rendered particularly complex by the arrival in Venice of Claudio Monteverdi in 1613. Frequently music historiography has assigned to Monteverdi prime responsability for the processes of innovation characteristic of subsequent Venetian music.
These study sessions aim to shed light on the extent and nature of Gabrieli’s legacy in the hands of his various pupils and followers (G.B. Riccio, G.B. Grillo, G. Priuli, G. Valentini etc.) both in Venice and elsewhere, with reference both to instrumental music and to the sacred and secular vocal repertoires during the fi rst three decades of the seventeenth century. Discussion of Alessandro Grandi’s role in the artistic production of the new generation of composers can be of particular importance in this context.
Other themes regard: Gabrieli and contemporary music publishing; Gabrieli, the madrigal and private patronage in Venice.
See:
Rodolfo Baroncini, David Bryant, Luigi Collarile (eds), Giovanni Gabrieli. Transmission and Reception of a Venetian Musical Tradition. Turnhout: Brepols, 2016 (Venetian Music Studies, 1)
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