Giovanni Gabrieli was a legendary composer of the 16th century. As the fundamental structure and ideas of the Catholic Church were being challenged by the Protestant Reformation and the Counter-Reformation, Gabrieli’s compositions were given the opportunity to be successful and influential to music in the coming centuries. His works helped to transform not only church music of the Catholic Church, but also secular music as well. Giovanni Gabrieli wrote significant works that ultimately shaped the rise of the symphony, including the development of purely instrumental works, the art of orchestration, and the concerto style. Without his innovations in composition, it is arguable that instrumental music would not have developed as quickly, or developed …show more content…
This led to several rebellions, which were silenced for a short time until they could not be repressed anymore. Finally, in 16th century, Martin Luther and other reformers challenged Roman Catholic authority and their corruption of the church, which is now known as the Protestant Reformation. The revolts happened in many different countries the western world, however, they all had fundamental ideas in common. Two changes they called for were the end of the church’s hierarchy, and the emphasis of everyone being able to access and individually learn the original Biblical scriptures in their vernacular language (Taruskin, pg. 207-208). Even though the focus of this revolution was not about music, the ideals ended up influencing church music. Many composers, including Martin Luther, endeavored to make music more accessible by translating it into the common, everyday language, shifting the singing in church services to the congregation rather than just having the choir sing, and making music simpler for everyone to grasp. Luther wrote music in the form of chorales and strophic union hymns that were taken from Gregorian chant (Taruskin, pg. 206-210). In response to the Protestant Reformation, the Counter-Reformation emerged out of the Catholic Church. Music took on a more inspirational quality, and its primary goal was to “affect” the listener. Polychoral music was very popular, in addition to the concerted style (Taruskin, pg.
“Pur dicesti, o bocca bella” was composed by Antonio Lotti, who was born on January 5, 1667 in Venice, Italy. In 1862 Lotti began studying with Lodovico Fuga and the notable composer Giovanni Legrenzi, who worked at St Mark's Basilica, Venice's most important church. One of his first known musical jobs was as an extra singer for the fraternity of Santa Cecilia when it was newly established at St. Mark's basilica. On May 30, 1689, Antonio Lotti was hired as a regular alto singer. After this position, Antonio Lotti continued to make his way to the top as assistant to the second organist in 1690, second organist in 1692, first organist in 1704, temporary primo maestro di cappella in 173, and finally, permanent primo maestro di cappella, which
Vincent A. Conti, D.D.S. is a dental practice that is located in Mineola, New York. Vincent A. Conti, D.D.S. specializes in dental hygiene, implants, cosmetic dentistry, endodontics or root canal therapy, restorative dentistry, pediatric dentistry, plus more. This dental practice is also an expert in periodontic dentistry, oral surgery, and orthodontic dentistry. Vincent A. Conti, D.D.S. provides the dental implants and mini implants. The cosmetic dentistry services they offer include veneers, Lumineers, whitening, Snap-On Smile, bonding and white fillings, inlays and onlays, and VIP amenities. Vincent A. Conti, D.D.S. is always up to date with the latest technology. Their technology includes the intraoral camera, oral cancer screenings, and
Vince Luca, a young man at the age of seventeen, has an outlook on life like any seventeen-year-old would. His family the Lucas, have a more interesting life than any modern day family. Vince has no interest in the families vending machine business. The Vending Machine Bros Ltd a name the family has stuck with for years turns out to them being a part of the Mob. Vince and his mother have no part in this Mob family business, but older brother Tommy does. Vince would rather be a good Samaritan than a cold blooded killer and criminal. He attends high school at Jefferson, a high school on the south side of Satan Island. A girl by the name of Angela O’Bannon had interest in this young man Vince and he has the same feeling as well. Unfortunately, on a date with her in discovers an unconscious man in his trunk. Angela is suddenly turned off about this Vince guy and whatever is in his trunk and doesn’t want nothing more with him.
Around the early 1500’s and the late 1400’s there was a large amount of people sent to the New World. One explorer was a man named Giovanni Da Verrazzano, he went on several expeditions and was brutally murdered on his final adventure. Giovanni was sent to the New world by a king named francis l after waiting for many years. He was just one of the very many explorers of this time.
The son of a goldsmith, in Florence, Italy, Lorenzo Ghiberti would become one of the most influential
He married in at 25 in March, 1960, to my now grandmother. By June he immigrated to New York for a better life in America. In doing this, he left his wife behind because of a lack of money. He also knew no English at this time, and the only people he knew there were his uncle and brother. To earn money, he became a carpenter, utilizing his most profitable skills. He also did “odd jobs” on the side. By December of the same year he had saved enough, and his wife came to live with him.
Angelo Pignati, 58, widower of the late Conchetta Pignati, died Monday, January 23, 1967, at the Baron Park Zoo due to a heart attack. He was born in Stanton Park, New York on Sunday, February 21, 1909, son of Caroline Pignati and the late Charles Pignati. Angelo was a loyal electrician to the New York Electrical for 10 years after he had retired. He enjoyed doing all outdoor activities especially rollerblading. Angelo loved his late wife Conchetta fairly much that he would give her gifts of collectables of pigs. He had the passion for humor. You could truly see from his eyes and his knowledge of jokes. Angelo would visit the Baron Park Zoo every day to meet his best friend Bobo the baboon. Which sadly had passed away a few days before Angelo’s
Enrico Cecchetti was born on June 21, 1850 in a dressing room at the Tordinona Theatre in Rome, Italy. His parents were both dancers, who wanted Enrico to get a career in business pr law. Enrico wanted to be a dancer and worked hard to convince his parents of that. At first he was trained in ballet by his father but later was trained by Giovanni Lepri. Enrico also learned from Cesare Coppini and Filippo Taglioni. When Enrico had his debut in Milan at 20 he received many reviews and throughout his career he was considered one of the finest male dancers of his time. He performed in Russia always amazing audiences with leaps, pirouettes and feats of batterie. Enrico created the Blue Bird and the role of Carabosse in Peptipa’s The Sleeping Beauty
Stéphane Grappelli was a French jazz violinist who was known as “the grandfather of jazz violinists” because of his all-string jazz band that he had begun/initiated in 1934. Grappelli was born on January 26, 1908 to Ernesto Grappelli and Anna Emilie Hanoque in Paris, France. While his father was Italian, his mother was French. Grappelli’s early years were quite unfortunate. His family was very poor. His mother died when he was four years old which left him in the hands of his father, who was later drafted to fight for Italy in World War I. He spent much of his time as a child in orphanages and boarding schools.
Paolo was born in the city of Verona in 1528. Paolo’s father worked as a stonecutter and his mother was the daughter of a nobleman called Caliari. Although Paolo’s mother was an illegitimate daughter of the nobleman, Caliari, Paolo still adopted that as his name, becoming Paolo Caliari. Paolo was nicknamed “Veronese” after his birthplace, Verona. As a young boy, Veronese was trained as a stonecutter, like his father, but when he was fourteen Antonio Badile, a painter, began training Veronese as his apprentice. Because of Badile, Veronese gained a passion for paintings that included people and architecture mixed together, as well as a basic painting technique. Aside from Badile, several painters including, Giambattista Zelotti, Paolo Farinati,
I have chosen Mario Madiai as a person that stands out because he is an inspiration. Mario Madiai has impacted my life by being very kind. He has taught me soccer, which has changed my life in many ways. Soccer has made me more athletic, have more friends and have more skill. He patiently played with me and made me the player I am by playing with me and showing me the all I need to know. He also takes me underwater fishing with hooks, spears, and spearguns. We have made a very tight bond by catching all different sea creatures together, and enjoying them for dinner. Mario has also showed me all of the culture of Italy, he has taken me around the entire state, from the mountains to the Mediterranean. The thing I have the most connection with
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, more commonly known as Donatello or “Little Donato”, was born in 1386 in Florence, Italy and died on December 13, 1466 in Florence, Italy. He was known for his realism in his paintings and sculptures. Donatello’s first real education was with the Martelli family, who were connected to the well-known Medici family. Here, Donatello gained artistic training about metallurgy from a goldsmith. Metallurgy is a branch of science regarding the fabrication of metals, along with other substances.
Franco Zeffirelli is an Italian director of operas, films and television, born 1923. Some of his works and operatic production became a universal classics. Because of his father’s wish, he studied art and architecture but after watching Laurence Olivier's Henry V, he led himself into the theater. While planning and directing operas, he fell in love with film and cinema. He produced three films based on William Shakespeare’s works and presented a combination of history with the timelessness of ideas and concepts introduced by Shakespeare. Zeffirelli is well known for being classic loyal to original texts.
Giovanni Falcone was born in Palermo, Sicily on May 18th, 1939. Falcone was born into a poor neighbourhood. He grew up with children who would turn out to be Mafiosi in future as the area of Sicily was flowing with mafia and ironically Falcone, being one of the largest figures to stand against the mafia was also born where the original Sicily mafia was also first formed. Giovanni Falcone went through school with good marks and after going through high school Falcone had a brief history of learning at a naval academy before attending the University Of Palermo to study law. Falcone graduated in 1961 and began to practice law, he then became a judge in 1966 on the coast of Sicily that was heavily populated with Mafiosi. Falcone was shocked with the brutality of the mafia and the belief of the people that the mob was invincible. Falcone believed with hard work and thorough investigations that the mafia could be proven of their guilt. Giovanni Falcone’s early life of seeing the mafia first hand influenced him to stand against the mob and to stand for what is right in the eyes of the law. His belief of hard work and thorough investigations has made him one of the
The nailing of Luther’s theses marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformation process as it prompted slow but forceful response of the Roman Catholic Church. The church considered Luther’s actions as abuse; the Roman Catholic Church was the main church during the Middle Ages. The response of the Catholic Church sparked protests and created a lot of