(Gabrieli) Andrea (between 1510 and 1520, Venice, -1586,
there), Italian composer. With 1536 choirboy, with 1584 first
organist of cathedral SV stamp, with 1558 organist of the church SV of
Eremiuses (Venice). The outstanding representative of the
Venetian school (see Italy, division music). Author of cerci multi-chorusworks
with the participation of orchestral tools and two organs. It
wrote also secular compositions, music to the holiday ceremonies
(victory with Lepanto, 1571, the discovery the theater of "Olympic" in
Vichentse, 1585 and, etc.), madrigals, organ plays. Among the
students and the successors g. - X l. Hustler, J. Croce, O. vekkya, A.
bank'eri, J. Gabrieli.
It is cast: Benvenuti G, Andrea e giovanni Gabrieli e la musica
strumentale in san Marco, v 1-2, Mil., 1931-32.
