This group of essays, many concerning previously unknown or unexplored works and materials, covers the 16th and early to mid 17th centuries.

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... Gabrieli Zapolskiej Violetta Wróblewska Higiena jako mechanizm biowładzy. Uwagi o Przedpieklu Gabrieli Zapolskiej Dariusz Brzostek O tym, „o czym się nie mówi“ – tabu w twórczości Gabrieli Zapolskiej Agnieszka StraburzyńskaGlaner Sztuka ...

This collection of essays on the life, times, and works of a composer who ranks among the most outstanding musical personalities of his day variously unites these strands in an albeit partial attempt to interpret Giovanni Gabrieli's output ...

The book also devotes considerable space to Gabrieli's contemporaries--his uncle Andrea Gabrieli, Croce, Merulo, Bassano, and others--which sheds much light on a major school of composition."--Dust jacket.

In short, this book will be an invaluable reference work for anyone concerned with the music of Giovanni Gabrieli, be they scholars, students or performers.