Giovanni Gabrieli
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Giovanni Gabrieli (born Venice,1557?; d. Venice 21 Aug.1612) was an Italian organist and composer. He was very famous in his day and composed a lot of church music. He was organist of the famous church of St Mark’s in Venice. He also wrote some fine madrigals. He lived at the end of the Renaissance period and the beginning of the Baroque.