Historical Notes Giovanni Gabriel was bora in Venice in abour 1887 and died there on August 1208, 1612. There ix some uncertainty about both hie birth and death dates, arising from the lact that whereas the oath ragister of the congregation of Gan Gainucle uiven the above death date ant cites hie age ae 38 the tombstone at Sau Stelano yiveu the date of Miz death a August 12th, 1613 and hie age as 560, He probably spent‘hie yuh in Venice, ‘receiving hie fret musical iustrvction Leos Me katie. adres Gabrieli, From about 1575 to 1579 Giovanni was « member of the Bavarian court chapel at Menich, where he is presuned to have studied composition unter Orlande di Lasser, In 1584 fe followed ite uncle Andrea an second organist at the church of Sam Marco in Venice, aed alter Audrea's death in 1586 he wucceeded him ae firet organist. Alter hin uncle's death Giovann! alee ioherited 4 musnber of Audrea's pupils, among them Hane Lao Hastler, with whom be formed a lifelong friendship, Glos vanni Gabrieli enjoyed an extraordinary reputation ne a teacher of composition, aod students cama to study with him from Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmars. ila iavorite aod. moet auous pupil was Helnrich Schatz. The "Canzone per sonare” published bere Is one of four which frat appeared at the beginning of «¢ collection of thirty-atx canzonas entitled Gangon! par tonare gon eni aozte di elzomenti a quattro, ‘miue atte con il auo basso generale per l'organe, nouamente tasconie dediverss excellansiaaim) Biiaici, published to Veuice iu 1008 by Alvemaniro Ravert) ‘he inatrumental cansona was a popular form of composition tu Kely dusing the letter part of the sixteenth and the early part of the sevesteenth centuries, It waa closely related to type af Fen sand Flemish chanson whieh was popular tm Purope during the 1830% and 1e40%0" This relationship tween the instrumental cansons and the French and Flemish chanson can be ove in tke number of parts, the quarter note shvthio, the character of tue opening sections, and ths alternation af weer Hous in imitative and homophante myles. ‘Ihe principal structural difference between the chan ston and the canzona was that the cansona was longer, bath as a whole aud in its various vection The instrumental canzona bad a number of typical features, It was in four parte, usually desig nated CANTO, ALTO, TENORE, aud BASSO, each approximately equivalent im range to the cof Fesponding part in the vocal enacmhle, Ite contrapuntal style Wae characterized by imitat appearing at close time intervales_Ite thythm wes gay sod speightly, aad wedisen in 4/4 times TRE exact tempe is, of course, uot huowa, bul we do know that t was cankidered heist for ite Lime, Tle tonal scheme wan welludatined. Ie made neq of ther an immediate repetition ot © Inter recepiulae tion of one or more of ite sections. Its initial rhythm was uevally that of the vu-valied “'canzoma motive! [d Jd] which was often changed to #ded at the reposition. Ite aunjerta niten resermblea ts Uived in the chanson and thons used tn other eanzona ‘The four-part Gabriell canzonas tn the Ravers) collection were undoubtedly written long before ‘hay ware published, probably for use ae chamber tmusic by the players of the eacellect ientrumens tal chapel at Sen Marco. They are coaservative in form and {nthe number of parte. Tee fet makes uve of he principle of immediate repantion with a form of ABCDD. The ether three moake ‘ee of the principle of later recapitulation with a form of A., A. ‘The introduction of tre basta ‘Sontinue 1s indicative of a vew tread ia the history of the instrumental canzona, bat the hagao OnKAmUp part in theen particular cansonae ie nothing more then « baoae aequente and ca Ju ‘wall be done without. Rhythmically and stylistically these cansonas look forward rather than hack, The Gret, "Le Qpiritaua,” in the most tneerenting of the tour, ap one of the moet original of ite Hime. Ita rhymnmic variety 1s extraordinary, with note values ranging all the way from to and ith much molodie charm ae well. Ite opening seclivn iv (ree from ihe stereotyped canons motive ‘The other three canzonay are much more conservative, ach heginning with the cansona motive, BIBLIOGRAPHY “Giovanni Gabrieli" Dis Muaih ip Geschichte und Gegenwart. Vol. IV, 1194-1209. Vapab- Arnold, Deni Grocker. E. C. 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