Domenico Gabrielli (15 April 1651 or 19 October 1659 – 10 July 1690) was an Italian

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composer and one of the earliest known virtuoso

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players, as well as a pioneer of cello music writing. Born in

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, he worked in the orchestra of the church of

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and was also a member and for some time president ''(principe)'' of the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna. During the 1680s he also worked as a musician at the court of Duke

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. Gabrielli wrote several operas as well as instrumental and vocal church works. He is especially notable as the composer of some of the earliest attested works for solo cello (two sonatas for cello and

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, a group of seven ricercari for unaccompanied cello, and a

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for two cellos). Among his contemporaries, his own virtuoso performances on this instrument earned him the nickname ''Mingain'' (or ''Minghino'') ''dal viulunzeel,'' a dialect form meaning "Dominic of the cello."

Works, editions and recordings

* ''Rodoaldo, re d' Italia'' − opera in 3 acts. Venice 1685 - manuscript in Modena. Recordings * Domenico Gabrielli - S. Sigismondo re di Borgogna - Oratorio per 5 voci con strumenti - Ensemble Les Nations, Maria Luisa Baldassari, direzione. Tactus, 2008 * Ricercars for solo cello - recordings (i) Roel Dieltens (ii) Hidemi Suzuki 2005 (iii) Richard Tunnicliffe 2007 (iv) Bruno Cocset, 2012 * Domenico Gabrielli. Cantate.

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, soprano, with ensemble Sistite Sidera. Stradivarius STR 33878 (1 CD, June 2012).

External links

* *S. Durante: ''Gabrielli'', in: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera,'' ed. S. Sadie. London 1992. Vol 2, p. 322. *W. Matteuzzi: ''Gabrielli'', in: ''Dizionario enciclopedico universale della musica e dei musicisti. 2: Le biografie,'' ed. A. Basso. Turin 1986. Vol. 3, p. 83f. *J. G. Suess: ''Gabrielli'', in: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians,'' ed. S. Sadie. London 1980. Vol 7, p. 67.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gabrielli, Domenico Italian Baroque composers Composers for cello 1650s births 1690 deaths Musicians from Bologna Italian male classical composers 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century male musicians