Friday Night Organ Offering–This is for Brother Math

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

Tonight we have a brace of Italian composers from Venice–separated by about a century and radically different styles. Gabrieli represents the height of the Italian Renaissance, and Vivaldi the zenith of the Baroque.

Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554-1612) was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School. Gabrieli was born in Venice. 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.

Giovanni also went to Munich to study with the renowned Orlando de Lassus at the court of Duke Albert V until 1579. Lassus was to be one of the principal influences on the development of his musical style. By 1584 he had returned to Venice, where he became principal organist at St Mark’s Basilica in 1585, after Claudio Merulo left the post; following his uncle’s death the following year he took the post of principal composer as well.

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi March 1678 – 1741) was an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric. Born in Venice, he is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. He composed many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more than forty operas. His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons.

Many of his compositions were written for the female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children where Vivaldi (who had been ordained as a Catholic priest hence his moniker the “red Monk”) was employed from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna, hoping for preferment. However, the Emperor died soon after Vivaldi’s arrival, and Vivaldi himself died less than a year later in poverty.

[MarketWatcherParticipant]

Thanks PP for the usual Friday night education. Have a good weekend!

[BlacqueJacqueShellacqueParticipant 6890]

Thanks Pete. I’ll listen later tonight when It’s darker. It sets the mood. Get well.

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

You guys enjoy—I’m having a bad day health wise so I’m going to suck down some pain-killers and try to get some sleep.

BTW GregBo—package received; excellent choice on the flick—As for your Colt. It locks up BUT Timing is off on all six chambers; and three of them are so bad there is no need to drag it with your finger you can visually see the timing is off. YIKES! But I’ll see what I can do.

[joetechParticipant]

Baroque: When you’re out of Monet.

"Don't follow in my footsteps...I stepped in something."

[HitmanParticipant]

joetech wrote:

Baroque: When you’re out of Monet.

good one !!!

[The man in the mountainParticipant 4102]

Thanks PP, you are the man for bringing some real cultural enrichment to the fine men of this forum!.

[Anonymous 1]

Beautiful, my thanks brother, I am sure many will appreciate this.

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