Giovanni Maria Sabino
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Giovanni Maria Sabino was an Italian composer, organist and teacher .
G.M. Sabino was born in Turi, into a family of musicians and composers. He was brother of Antonio Sabino and uncle of Francesco Sabino. At the age of 14 he went to Naples to study music under Prospero Testa. From 1610-1613 he returned to Turi, taking holy orders. In 1622 he was appointed a teacher at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini, a position he held until 1626. In 1627 he became maestro de capella at Castel Nuovo, and between 1630 and 1634 was organist at Oratorio di San Filippo, then maestro di cappella at the Santa Casa dell'Annunziata. He died in Naples
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Sabino was the first Neapolitan composer to employ the violins in motets, teacher of Gregorio Strozzi, and precursor of Giovanni Salvatore
and Francesco Provenzale
. He was also the only Southern Italian composer to feature alongside Monteverdi, with 4 motets in Simonetti's publication Ghirlanda Sacra (Venice 1625). Sabino also promoted Monteverdi in Naples, including Monteverdi's Confitebor with his own psalm printing in 1627.
G.M. Sabino was born in Turi, into a family of musicians and composers. He was brother of Antonio Sabino and uncle of Francesco Sabino. At the age of 14 he went to Naples to study music under Prospero Testa. From 1610-1613 he returned to Turi, taking holy orders. In 1622 he was appointed a teacher at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini, a position he held until 1626. In 1627 he became maestro de capella at Castel Nuovo, and between 1630 and 1634 was organist at Oratorio di San Filippo, then maestro di cappella at the Santa Casa dell'Annunziata. He died in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
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Sabino was the first Neapolitan composer to employ the violins in motets, teacher of Gregorio Strozzi, and precursor of Giovanni Salvatore
Giovanni Salvatore
Giovanni Salvatore was a Neapolitan composer and organist.Salvatore is thought to have studied under Giovanni Maria Sabino and Erasmo Bartoli at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. He was first organist of Saints Severino and Sossio, then maestro di cappella at San Lorenzo Maggiore...
and Francesco Provenzale
Francesco Provenzale
Francesco Provenzale was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher.Before the year 1658, there is virtually no record of Provenzale's existence, although it's thought that he studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. The year of his entry into history is 1654, the year his...
. He was also the only Southern Italian composer to feature alongside Monteverdi, with 4 motets in Simonetti's publication Ghirlanda Sacra (Venice 1625). Sabino also promoted Monteverdi in Naples, including Monteverdi's Confitebor with his own psalm printing in 1627.
Works
- Psalms for Compline for 4 voices
- The first book of motets for 2 voices
- The second book of motets for 2-4 voices
- Psalms for Vespers for 4 voices
- 4 motets for voice and basso continuo
- Psalms for 5 voices
- 3 motets for 3-4 voices
- Motet with symphony for 3 voices, 2 violins and continuo
- Motet for 2-3 items continuo
- Galiardo for 4 violas
- 1 cantata for voice and continuo
- Dixit Dominus for 5 voices
- Other motets
Recordings
- 6 solo motets on Lo Monteverde Voltato a lo Napolitano. Musici delle Cappelle di Napoli al tempo di Monteverdi (also includes pieces by Sabino's brother and nephew) Cappella della Pietà de' TurchiniCappella della Pietà de' TurchiniThe Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini is an early music ensemble based in Naples and dedicated to the recovery of Neapolitan musical heritage, primarily from the baroque era....
dir. Florio. Symphonia 93S19