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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli

Composer of the Week: Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli: Episode 1

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Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli

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Donald Macleod focuses on the madrigals produced by Andrea Gabrieli.

Donald Macleod focuses on the madrigals produced by Andrea Gabrieli, written primarily for the countless feast days held in Venice every year.

For the whole of the second half of the 16th C, the name of Gabrieli dominated the musical life of Venice. Andrea and nephew Giovanni Gabrieli presided over public music-making at a time when the city was beginning to emerge as one of the most important centres of musical life in Europe. In the first programme, Donald Macleod focuses on the madrigals produced by Andrea, written primarily for the countless feast days held in the City every year.

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Donald Macleod explores the work of Andrea and nephew Giovanni Gabrieli

Donald Macleod explores the work of Andrea and nephew Giovanni Gabrieli, who presided over public music-making at a time when Venice was becoming one of the key centres of musical life in Europe

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