Canzon XVI a 12 - No. 209 by Giovanni Gabrieli Brass Ensemble - Digital Sheet Music

SKU: A0.870407

Giovanni Gabrieli was no mere composer. He was an event. The figure at the nexus of many things all coming together in one grand tide. The greatest church in the greatest city of Europe. Freedom of intellectual thought. A Venetian School of composers at the forefront of musical innovation. The printing press and musical publishing. A Doge (Chief Magistrate or Duke) willing to spend, and spend big, on musical pomp and ceremony. A dearth of wealth and money to fund the grandest celebrations. He was the leading Italian composer and organist in Venice at its greatest heights at the chasm between the end of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Baroque period in music. Presented here is a Canzona published around 1615 for 12 brass divided into 3 choirs. A variety of substitute parts are also included to handle the trombone and trumpet parts with French horns and tuba. A great Gabrieli work that exploits the antiphonal effects of using 3 choirs with a larger brass ensemble!