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Gabrielli
Gabrielli is a surname originating in Italy. Due to Italian diaspora, it is also common in other countries such as the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and France. The surname Gabrielli derives from the given name Gabriello (a variation of the common given name Gabriele) and it means "son of Gabriello". A common surname variation is Gabrieli. Notable people with the surname include: * Gabrielli family: the Italian feudal family from Gubbio, a town in Umbria. * Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1533-1585), Italian composer and organist * Caterina Gabrielli (1730-1796), Italian soprano * Cante dei Gabrielli (c. 1260 – c. 1335), Italian nobleman and condottiero * Cecciolo Gabrielli (1375-1420), Italian nobleman * Domenick L. Gabrielli (1912–1994), American lawyer, politician and judge * Domenico Gabrielli (1651-1690), Italian composer and virtuoso violoncello player. * Elisa Gabrielli (born 1988), American actress, voice artist, and comedian * Francesco Gabrielli (1588–1636 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielli Family
{{Other uses, Gabrieli (other) The House of Gabrielli (sometimes known as "Gabrielli di Gubbio") is an Italian feudal family from Gubbio, a town in Umbria. Some historians trace their origins back to the Roman age and claim they descend from the emperor Caracalla, however the first historical documents mentioning the family appear in the 10th century only when Cante Gabrielli was awarded by Pope Stephen VII (according to some genealogists a family member himself), a few castles in central Italy and especially the castle at Luceoli which was renamed Cantiano (i.e. belonging to Cante) after him. 220px, ''The Gabrielli Madonna'', by thumb The family grew in power and many of its members had remarkable lives: * Forte Gabrielli was a hermit in the mountains around Gubbio, and later on joined the Benedictines at Fonte Avellana. He died on 9 May 1040 and was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV on 17 March 1756. His body is still exposed in the Cathedral of Gubbio. * Saint Rodolfo G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noemi Gabrielli
Noemi Gabrielli (30 September 1901 – 9 July 1979) was an Italian art historian, superintendent, and a museologist. Biography Gabrielli was born in Pinerolo and studied in Naples. She then studied in University of Turin, studying under Lionello Venturi. She graduated in 1926 with a thesis about Paolo Veronese. In 1928 she completed a specialization in Art History at the University of Rome. When she completed her basic degree in 1926 Gabrielli began working to reorganise the art gallery of the Accademia Albertina. She took over after Lionello Venturi's resignation. The display of Gaudenzio Ferrari works was laid out to show the greatest number of works by distributing them in chronological order and dividing them into schools, to offer a comprehensive overview of the historical and artistic context. In 1934 Gabrielli gained the position to become the Superintendent of Medieval and Modern Art of Piedmont and Liguria working as the historical art inspector at the headquarters of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolò Gabrielli
Count Nicolò Gabrielli di Quercita (21 February 1814 – 14 June 1891) was an Italian opera composer. Biography Born in Naples, at the time when the city was capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Nicolò Gabrielli was the scion of a distinguished yet decayed aristocratic family originally from Gubbio and settled thereafter in Tropea and Palermo. He showed since his early childhood a talent for music that led him to enter the Naples conservatory where he studied under the supervision of Nicola Zingarelli and Gaetano Donizetti. He dedicated himself especially to musical composition, and debuted in August 1835 with a melodrama in Neapolitan dialect, ''I dotti per fanatismo''. Nicolò Gabrielli was a very prolific composer, and from 1835 onwards worked at many melodramas, opera buffas, commedias and farsas, including ''La lettera perduta'' (1836), ''Il Cid'' (1836), ''La parola di matrimonio'' (1837), ''L'americano in fiera ossia Farvest Calelas'' (1837), ''Vinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Gabrielli The Younger
Giulio Gabrielli ("The younger"; 20 July 1748 – 26 September 1822) was an Italian Catholic Church's cardinal. He spent most of his career in the Roman Curia. Gabrielli was born in Rome to a princely family originally from Gubbio in the Papal States (nowadays in Umbria). His parents were marquis (later prince) Angelo Gabrielli and marquise Caterina Trotti- Bentivoglio, the most beautiful woman in the mid-18th century Rome, celebrated by Giacomo Casanova as the "marquise G.". He studied law at the Sapienza University of Rome and, while still a layman, was appointed Protonotary Apostolic, Relator of the Sacred Congregation of the Good Government and, in 1787, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of the Tridentine Council. He was ordained priest only on 23 March 1800, but less than one year later Pope Pius VII elevated him to cardinal, in the consistory of 23 February 1801. He received the red hat on February 26 and the title of cardinal priest of San Tommaso in Parione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Gabrielli
Giulio Gabrielli (1604 – 13 August 1677) was an Italian Catholic cardinal. He is sometimes referred to as Giulio Gabrielli the Elder to distinguish him from Giulio Gabrielli the Younger. Early life Gabrielli was born 1604 in Rome, the son of Antonio Gabrielli and Prudenzia Lancellotta, of the noble Gabrielli family and relatives of Pope Clement X. He went into the service of the Church as a Referendary of the ''Tribunals of the Apostolic Signatura of Justice and of Grace''. He was a cleric (and later dean) of the Apostolic Chamber. On 27 Apr 1642, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Marcello Barberini (seniore), Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli, with Faustus Poli, Titular Archbishop of ''Amasea'', and Celso Zani. Bishop Emeritus of Città della Pieve, serving as co-consecrators. Cardinalate Gabrielli was elevated to Cardinal by Pope Urban VIII in 1641 and in February 1642 was made Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nova and was elected Bishop of Ascoli Piceno. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Gabrielli
Francesco Gabrielli (1588–1636) was an Italian actor of the ''commedia dell'arte''. He was particularly famous as a virtuoso musician, who was an accomplished player of a dozen musical instruments.Senelick 1995. He is sometimes credited with the creation of Scapino, a musical ''zanni'' (servant) role, which he may actually have taken from Niccolò Barbieri. Gabrielli first appears as a member of the troupe of the Accesi in 1612, is later recorded as a member of the Confidenti, and in 1624 was with the Fedeli in Paris (under the direction of Giovan Battista Andreini), before rejoining the Accesi.Hartnoll 1983, p. 311. In 1627 Gabrielli learned that the Duke of Mantua was seeking a company of actors and wrote a letter from Ferrara to Antonio Costantini, the Duke's assistant, offering to bring his family and fellow players to perform in Mantua. The letter reveals much concerning the difficulties of forming a balanced ensemble and the professional rivalries among actors, both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pompeo Gabrielli
Pompeo Gabrielli (22 August 1780 – 28 March 1861) was an Italian general and politician, the first layman to be appointed Minister in a Papal States cabinet. Biography Pompeo’s father was Pietro Gabrielli, prince of Prossedi and his mother was Camilla Riario Sforza. In 1798 Pietro was charged by pope Pius VI to sign the surrender of the Church State to the French troops of General Berthier, and later, during the annexation of Rome by the French empire (1808-1814) served as ''maire adjoint'' (deputy mayor) of the city. Pietro's brother (Pompeo's uncle) was Cardinal Giulio Gabrielli the Younger, who served as Pius VII's Secretary of State. Early life and military career Pompeo Gabrielli was born in Rome on 22 August 1780. After completing his studies at the ''Collegio Tolomei'' in Siena, in 1801 he joined the newly constituted Noble Guard, and in 1805 was assigned to a cavalry regiment. In February 1808 he resisted the French occupation of Rome and was therefore ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caterina Gabrielli
Caterina Gabrielli (12 November 1730 – 16 February or 16 April 1796), born Caterina Fatta, was an Italian coloratura singer. She was the most important soprano of her age. A woman of great personal charm and dynamism, Charles Burney referred to her as "the most intelligent and best-bred virtuosa" that he had ever encountered. The excellence of her vocal artistry is reflected in the fact that she was able to secure long-term engagements in three of the most prestigious operatic centers in her day outside of Italy (Vienna, St. Petersburg, and London). Biography Caterina Gabrielli was the daughter of a cook in the service of prince Gabrielli, in Rome. With the support of the prince, she studied with García and Porpora and at the L'Ospedaletto conservatory in Venice, and as a sign of gratitude she decided to assume her patron's surname as her stage name. Her humble roots were remembered by audiences in her nickname ''La cochetta'' ("little cook"), which was actually recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Gabrielli
Luigi Cante Gabrielli-Quercita (1790–1854) was an Italian soldier and military writer. Life Born in Naples to a family originally from Gubbio, Luigi was the son of Antonio Gabrielli, a nobleman of progressive ideas who in 1799 had supported the Parthenopean Republic against the Bourbon kings. In 1809, at the age of 19, Luigi enlisted in the army and served under Joachim Murat, the newly appointed king of the Two Sicilies, until 1815, when Ferdinand I was restored. As king Ferdinand acknowledged that some of the military reforms introduced by king Joachim were worth of being maintained, upon accession he decided not to disband the Army and offered many officers the possibility to remain and keep the same rank. That was also the case for Luigi Gabrielli, who accepted the king's offer. Luigi's wishes to see a modernisation of the Neapolitan society were however frustrated by the increasingly conservative policy adopted by the government. Disillusioned and influenced by reformer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Gabrielli (actor)
Giovanni Gabrielli (died between 1603 and 1611) was an Italian actor of the ''commedia dell'arte'', who performed under the name Sivello.Senelick, Laurence, p. 407 ("Gabrielli family") in Banham 1995. Biography Gabrielli was particularly famous for portraying several characters talking together in different languages. The 18th-century historian Francesco Saverio Quadrio relates that Gabrielli was able to impersonate women with his voice only, without the benefit of a costume change. His portrait was engraved by Agostino Carracci. His son Francesco Gabrielli was also a well known actor. Publications Two works of Gabrielli were published in Bologna in the early 17th century: * ''Villanelle Nuove Composte per Giovanni Gabrielli detto il Sivello'' (Bologna, 1601) * ''Il Studio, Comedia Nova, Composta per Giovanni Gabrielli da Modona, detto il Sivello'' (Bologna, 1602) Notes Bibliography * Askew, Pamela (1978). "Fetti's 'Portrait of an Actor' Reconsidered", ''The Burlington Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
