Name: Gabrieli: Sonata Pian e Forte Ch. 175 for String Choir (arr. James M. Guthrie, ASCAP) by Gabrieli String Ensemble Digital Sheet Music
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Gabrieli: Sonata Pian e Forte Ch. 175 for String Choir (arr. James M. Guthrie, ASCAP)
by Gabrieli String Ensemble - Digital Sheet Music

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Title Gabrieli: Sonata Pian e Forte Ch. 175 for String Choir (arr. James M. Guthrie, ASCAP)

Artist Gabrieli

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Arranger James M. Guthrie, ASCAP

Composer Gabrieli

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 88

Arrangement String Ensemble

Publisher jmsgu3

Level 2

Product ID 578919

Genre Renaissance Standards

Performance Group String Ensemble

Product Description

A musical monument: the first composition to employ "dynamics." Instrumentation: 2 violins, 1 viola, 5 cellos 1 double bass. Arranged in two antiphonal choirs: I - string quartet, II - cello choir w/bass. The double bass part assumes low c extension; however, a non-extension bass part is included.

Giovanni Gabrieli's Sonata Pian e Forte is essential as it represents the shift from the Renaissance to the Baroque period. It is part of his 1597 Sacrae symphoniae, which contains sixty-three choral and instrumental works, many in multi-choir formations. It is the first known composition in history to employ "dynamics," with Gabrieli using specific notation to indicate instrumentation and experimenting with assembling massive instrumental forces into isolated groups separated by space. This innovation contributed heavily to the Baroque Concertato style and the development of the sonata, a musical form that came into general use toward the end of the sixteenth century. The structure of the piece is defined by the dialogue between two instrumental choirs, making it a key example of Gabrieli's influential contributions to the transition in musical style during his time.

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