Andrea Gabrieli Andrea Gabrieli. A prolific and versatile composer and organist of the “Venetian School”, of the late Renaissance musical era. He was born between 1532-1533 and died in 1585. Equally adept in sacred, instrumental and social music; he created a “grand...
Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Monteverdi. A choirmaster, musician, priest and italian composer of secular and sacred music and a pioneer in the development of opera. His career spanned sixty years and is considered a crucial transitional figure, between the Renaissance...
Costanzo Porta Costanzo Porta. An Italian composer, teacher and expert contrapuntist of the late musical Renaissance and associated with the Venetian School. Around 1550, he is thought to have studied with “maestro di cappella” Adrian Willaert, at St....
Gioseffo Guami Gioseffo Guami, (1540/2-1611) was a Venetian School composer, organist, teacher and singer of the late Renaissance. In 1588, he was appointed as first organist St. Mark’s Basilica under the “maestro di cappella”, Gioseffo Zarlino; until he left...
Baldassare Donato Baldassare Donato. A composer and singer of the late Renaissance, he represented the more progressive trend in the Venetian School era. He was finally appointed “maestro di cappella” of the prestigious St. Mark’s Basilica in 1580; after...
