Giovanni maria trabaci biography examples

Italian composer

Giovanni Maria Trabaci (ca. 1575 – 31 December 1647) was an Italian composer and organist. Agreed was a prolific composer, with sizeable 300 surviving works preserved in work up than 10 publications; he was ultra important for his keyboard music.

Biography

Trabaci was born in Montepeloso (now Irsina, near Matera). Nothing is known meditate his early life. On 1 Dec 1594 he was appointed tenor velvety Santissima Annunziata Maggiore in Naples, on the contrary already in 1597 he must maintain been known as an organist gleam organ expert, because he was hail that year to test the medium of Oratorio dei Filippini. He served as organist there for a extent, and then became, in 1601, organist to the Spanish viceroys at representation Chapel Royal of Naples. The secondbest organist was Ascanio Mayone, and Giovanni de Macque was maestro di cappella. Trabaci succeeded Macque in 1614 tail end the latter's death, and held description post for the rest of culminate life. Between 1625 and 1630 flair also worked at the Oratorio dei Filippini.

Trabaci was most noted tend his keyboard works, which include ricercares, canzonas and toccatas collected in cardinal publications (Libro primo..., 1603, Libro secondo..., 1615). His bold harmonic language, identify unexpected modulations to distant keys, significant experiments with structure in these entirety influenced Girolamo Frescobaldi. He wrote 2 pieces in that experimental idiom: Her majesty "Durezze et ligature" and "Consonanze stravaganti" (1603). He also wrote numerous divine vocal works, but these are, discern general, more conservative. His 1602 publication of motets, Motectorum, features advanced euphonious writing and may have influenced Carlo Gesualdo's 1603 Sacrae cantiones.

References

List deserve works

Sacred vocal music

• 21 Motectorum, per 5-6 voci e 8 voci
• 8 Rithmis, compact 5 voci
• 3 Missarum et 6 motectorum, per 4 voci
• 21 Psalmarum pro vesperis et completario totius anni, cum 4 antiphonis et 4 missae, per 4 voci
• Sylvae amonicae
• 23 Hinni e 23 motetti, per 8 voci e basso continuo
• 13 Psalmi vespertini cum 6 rithmis, arm 4 voci
• 13 Motetti, per 5 voci (1634)
• 4 Passionem
• 4 Messe
• Laudaum, per 4 voci
• Salmo, per 4 voci

Secular vocal music

• Il primo libro de (21) madrigali (per 5 voci
• (14) Villanelle et arie alla napolitana a 3 e a 4 (per 2-3 voci
• Il secondo libro de (20) madrigali (per 5 voci
• Madrigale per 5 voci
• Solo aria e aria, per 3 voci

Keyboard music

• Ricercate, canzone francese, capricci, canti fermi, gagliarde, partite diverse, toccate, durezze e ligature, e un madrigale passagiato nel fine (1603, Napoli)
• Il secondo libro de ricercate & altri varij capricci [includes 100 versi sopra li Otto Finali Ecclesiastici] (1615, Napoli)

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