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Gabrieli, Andrea, approximately 1533-1585

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Personal name headingGabrieli, Andrea, approximately 1533-1585
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Variant(s)Gabrieli, Andrea, ca. 1533-1585
Gabrielli, Andrea, approximately 1533-1585
Associated countryItaly
Associated placeFrankfurt am Main (Germany) Munich (Germany)
LocatedVenice (Italy)
Birth date1533~
Death date1585
Place of birthVenice (Italy)
Place of deathVenice (Italy)
Field of activityMusic Composition (Music) Organ--Performance
AffiliationBasilica di San Marco (Venice, Italy)
Profession or occupationComposers Musicians
Found inBenvenuti, G. Andrea e Giovanni Gabrieli ... 1931-32.
Gli anni di Andrea Gabrieli, c1988: series t.p. (Andrea Gabrieli, (1533)-1585) p. 74 (death record indicates he died 8-30-1585, aged ca. 52)
LC database, Sept. 20, 2000 (hdg.: Gabrieli, Andrea, 1510 (ca.)-1586. [from old catalog])
Gabrieli, Andrea. Ecclesiasticarum cantionum, 2019: title page verso [translated] (Andrea was born in Venice around 1532 and was an early student and later also a singer with Adrian Willaert, the conductor of the Cathedral of San Marco. In 1555 he was named organist in Venice's Cannaregio district before traveling to Germany around 1562. Here he came to Frankfurt and Munich. The following year 1566 Gabrieli was appointed second organist at San Marco, in 1585 the first organist. He held this office until his death in August 1585. Gabrieli is considered one of the most important composers of the Venetian school and one of the most influential musicians of the Renaissance)