Canzon quarti toni

Giovanni Gabrieli

Giovanni Gabrieli (adapt. King)

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Subtitle: Sacrae Symphoniae, Venice, 1597

General Info

Year: 1597 / 1959 / 1997
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alphonse Leduc
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $57.25

Instrumentation

Three brass choirs of five players each

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Gabrieli's first volume of Sacrae Symphoniae, published in 1597, is a landmark of Venetian music -- a collection of motets and canzoni for brass ensembles that established the foundation of brass music for years to come. The Canzon Quarti Toni, scored for three contrasting five-part choirs, is the richest and perhaps most imposing of the collection.

However, like all the best orchestrators, Gabrieli refrains from over-using his tutti: the full ensemble is heard in only thirteen of the work’s seventy-one bars. The music starts in the manner of a sonata, with deep harmonies and with one instrument being followed in rhythmic canon by its fellows; later, more canzona-like features emerge, including a brief tripla just before the end.

- Program Note compiled by Dave Strickler

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• University of Iowa (Iowa City) Symphony Band (J.T. Womack, conductor) - 10 December 2020
• Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) Wind Orchestra (Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor) – 2 November 2020
• University of Illinois (Champaign) Wind Orchestra (Beth Peterson, conductor) – 6 November 2018
• California State University, Fullerton, Symphonic Winds (Patricia Cornett, conductor) - 23 April 2016

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Canzon per Sonare No. 4 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (c. 1597/2012)

All Wind Works

• Canzon Duodecimi Toni (ed.King) (1597/1958)
• Canzon in Double Echo (ed. King) (/1973)
• Canzon Noni Toni (arr. King) (1597/19--?)
• Canzon per Sonar Primi Toni, no. 1 (arr. Higgins) (1597/2014)
• Canzon per Sonare No. 4 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (c. 1597/2012)
• Canzon pian’ e forte (arr. Taillard) (1597/2002)
• Canzon primi toni
• Canzon primi toni a 8 (1597/2007)
• Canzon quarti toni (adapt. King) (1597/1959)
• Canzon septimi toni 8, no. 2 (ed. Block) (1597/1972)
• Canzon septimi toni No 1
• Canzon septimi toni No 2 (1597/1958)
• Canzon septimi toni no. 2 (ed. Crees) (1597/1996)
• Canzon VI á 7 (arr. Magatagan) (<1612/2013)
• Canzona VI (arr. Salfelder) (<1612/2020?)
• Canzona per sonare No. 2 (ed. King) (1608/1959)
• Canzona per sonare No. 4 (ed. King) (1608/1957)
• Canzoni 27 & 28 for 4 Trumpets and 4 Trombones (ed. Lumsden) (1608/1967)
• Jubilate Deo (tr. Mathie) (1597/2008)
• O Magnum Mysterium (arr. Higgins) (1587/2015)
• Sonata Octavi Toni (ed. King) (1597/1957)
• Sonata Pian' E Forte
• Sonata Pian'e Forte (ed. King) (1958)
• Sonata XIX a 15 (ed. Smith) (<1612/1970)
• Sonata XX a 22 (tr. Scatterday) (1615)

Resources

• Gabrieli, G.; King, R. [1959]. Canzon Quarti Toni, Sacrae Symphoniae, Venice, 1597, For Fifteen-Part Brass Choir [score]. Robert King Music Co.: North Easton, Mass.