Gioseffo Guami

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Gioseffo Guami (c. 1540 – 1611) (also Giuseppe) was an Italian composer, organist, and singer of the late Renaissance Venetian School. He was a prolific composer of madrigals and instrumental music, and was renowned as one of the finest organists in Italy in the late 16th century; he was also the principal teacher of Adriano Banchieri. He was born in Lucca. Little is known about his early life, but he must have received some early training for he came to St. Mark's in Venice, one of the most prestigious musical institutions in Italy, in 1561; there he studied with Adrian Willaert and Annibale Padovano, and served as a singer. In 1568 he left Venice and went to Bavaria, serving as first organist at the court of Albrecht of Bavaria, the location of the famous Franco-Flemish composer Orlande de Lassus. In the early 1570s he returned to Italy, at least temporarily, and accompanied by Lassus at least once; and he was hired as organist in Lucca in 1579, where he stayed until 1582 or later. In 1585 he was working as maestro di cappella in Genoa. Precise details of his movements are uncertain until his return to St. Mark's, but it is certain that he was composing and acquiring fame as an organist during these years. In 1588 he was appointed to the post of first organist at St. Mark's (there were two organists, who usually also served as composers, under the direction of the maestro di cappella, who at that time was Gioseffo Zarlino). When Zarlino died Guami returned to Lucca, possi

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Florid songs for cornetto around 1600: la Bella Minuta

Chamber Music (Baroque Italian) - Gabrieli, G. / Lappi, P. / Guami, G. / Gussago, C. / Massaino, T. / Frescobaldi, G. (Canzonas)

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Brilliant Classics Early Italian Recorder Music, Recorder Quartet/Various

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Early Baroque Music ... e per Concerto di Viole

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Christmas Boulevard

Greghesche: a musical treasure of the Venetian renaissance

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Venezia stravagantissima

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Big Harnoncourt Box

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Masterworks and Miniatures: Organ and Harpsichord Music from Renaissance Venice

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Vita de la mia vita: Ricercares, Dances, Madrigals and Villanellas on Four Lutes

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Fagotto, Basson, Dulcian, Curtal ?

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Fagotto, Basson, Dulcian, Curtal

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