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Showing posts with label St Mark's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St Mark's. Show all posts
5 August 2018

Antonio Cesti – opera composer

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Singer and organist wrote operas and church music Antonio Cesti was hailed as the finest musician of his generation Composer Pietro ...
30 April 2018

Andrea Dandolo - Doge of Venice

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Reign tested by earthquake, plague and war A bust of Andrea Dandolo, sculpted by Lorenzo Larese Moretti in 1861 Andrea Dandolo, the f...
3 March 2018

Sebastiano Venier – Doge of Venice

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Victorious naval commander briefly ruled La Serenissima Jacopo Tintoretto's portrait of Sebastiano Venier at the Battle of Lepa...
30 August 2017

Andrea Gabrieli - composer

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Father of the Venetian School Andrea Gabrieli was the organist at the Basilica di San Marco in Venice The Venetian composer and or...
25 July 2017

Agostino Steffani – composer

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Baroque musician and cleric who features in modern literature Agostino Steffani, depcited in a 1714 portrait by Gerhard Kappers ...
21 December 2016

Lorenzo Perosi - priest and composer

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Puccini contemporary chose sacred music over opera Lorenzo Perosi forsook opera in  favour of religious music Don Lorenzo Perosi, a ...
27 November 2016

Jacopo Sansovino – architect

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Death of the designer praised by Palladio A portrait of Sansovino by Tintoretto, currently  housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence ...
12 August 2016

Giovanni Gabrieli – composer

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Venetian musician inspired spread of the Baroque style The tomb of Giovanni Gabrieli in the Church of Santo Stefano in the San Marco d...
14 July 2016

Collapse of St Mark’s Campanile

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Dramatic fall of instantly recognisable symbol of Venice An enormous pile of rubble was left after the collapse of the Campanile in Ju...
10 January 2016

San Pietro Orseolo – Doge of Venice and monk

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Rich powerful Doge made a life-changing decision Pietro Orseolo, a former Venetian Doge who joined the Benedictine order, died on this ...