Giovanni Maria Trabaci

Short bio Giovanni Maria Trabaci

Birthday: 1575 in Monte Pelusio, Italy

Died: 1647 in Naples, Italy

Genre: Classical

Period: Baroque

Full biography Giovanni Maria Trabaci

Giovanni Maria Trabaci was an Italian composer who lived during the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. He was born in Naples in 1575 and spent most of his life there. Little is known about his early life, but we do know that he was a renowned keyboard player and composer.

Trabaci was one of the leading composers of keyboard music in his time. He wrote a number of pieces for the organ, harpsichord, and other keyboard instruments. Some of his most famous works include "Ricercare Primo," "Partite sopra Ruggiero," and "Toccate."

Trabaci was known for his use of counterpoint, or the combination of multiple melodies, in his compositions. He was also known for his intricate ornamentation and use of chromaticism.

In addition to his keyboard works, Trabaci also composed madrigals and sacred music. He worked as the maestro di cappella, or the music director, for several churches in Naples. He was also a member of the prestigious Accademia dei Concerati, a group of musicians and scholars dedicated to the advancement of music.

Trabaci's contributions to keyboard music were significant, and his influence can be seen in the works of later composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach. Despite his important role in music history, Trabaci is not as well-known as some of his contemporaries. Nevertheless, his works remain a testament to his skill and creativity as a composer.

Compositions featuring Giovanni Maria Trabaci

#	Name	Duration	Genre	Year
1	Ancidetemi Pur, for harp (or keyboard)	6:41 min	Chamber Music	1615
2	Canzona Francesa à 4 for viols (Book 2)	3:08 min	Chamber Music	1615
3	Cento Versi sopra il Otto finali Ecclesiastici: Ottavo Tono, for keyboard (Book 2)	7:17 min	Keyboard	1615
4	Cento Versi sopra il Otto finali Ecclesiastici: Primo Tono, for keyboard (Book 2)	11:12 min	Keyboard	1615
5	Cento Versi sopra il Otto finali Ecclesiastici: Quarto Tono, for keyboard (Book 2)	8:36 min	Keyboard	1615
6	Cento Versi sopra il Otto finali Ecclesiastici: Quinto Tono, for keyboard (Book 2)	7:43 min	Keyboard	1615
7	Cento Versi sopra il Otto finali Ecclesiastici: Secondo Tono, for keyboard (Book 2)	7:57 min	Keyboard	1615
8	Cento Versi sopra il Otto finali Ecclesiastici: Sesto Tono, for keyboard (Book 2)	11:12 min	Keyboard	1615
9	Cento Versi sopra il Otto finali Ecclesiastici: Settimo Tono, for keyboard (Book 2)	8:16 min	Keyboard	1615
10	Cento Versi sopra il Otto finali Ecclesiastici: Terzo Tono, for keyboard (Book 2)	9:12 min	Keyboard	1615
11	Gagliarda prima à 4 detto il Galluccio, for keyboard (Book 2)	2:14 min	Keyboard	1615
12	Gagliarda quarta à 4 detta la Morenigna, for keyboard (Book 2)	2:13 min	Keyboard	1615
13	Gagliarda quinta cromatica à 5 detta Trabacina, for keyboard (Book 2)	2:31 min	Keyboard	1615
14	Gagliarda seconda à 4 detta la Morosetta, for keyboard (Book 2)	1:44 min	Keyboard	1615
15	Gagliarda seconda à 5 detta la Scabrosetta, for keyboard (Book 2)	3:41 min	Keyboard	1615
16	Partita decima con due Fughe, for keyboard (Book 2)	0:47 min	Keyboard	1615
17	Partita duodecima & ultima con due parti in canone senza regola, for keyboard (Book 2)	1:11 min	Keyboard	1615
18	Partita nona per l'arpa, for harp (or keyboard) (Book 2)	0:53 min	Chamber Music	1615
19	Partita ottava per l'arpa, for harp (or keyboard) (Book 2)	0:52 min	Chamber Music	1615
20	Partita prima (con ritornello), for keyboard (Book 2)	1:25 min	Keyboard	1615
21	Partita quarta, for keyboard (Book 2)	0:54 min	Keyboard	1615
22	Partita quinta, for keyboard (Book 2)	0:52 min	Keyboard	1615
23	Partita seconda per l'arpa, for harp (or keyboard) (Book 2)	0:56 min	Chamber Music	1615
24	Partita sesta (con ritornello), for keyboard (Book 2)	1:42 min	Keyboard	1615
25	Partita settima (con ritornello), for keyboard (Book 2)	1:57 min	Keyboard	1615
26	Partita terza per l'arpa, for harp (or keyboard) (Book 2)	0:54 min	Chamber Music	1615
27	Partita undecima per l'arpa, for harp (or keyboard) (Book 2)	1:10 min	Chamber Music	1615
28	Partite sopra Zefiro, for keyboard or ensemble	10:34 min	Chamber Music	1615
29	Ricercar sopra il tenor de Constantio Festa à 4 con due parti in canone senza regola, for keyboard (Book 2)	2:11 min	Keyboard	1615
30	Ricercata decimo tono con tre fughe, for keyboard (Book 2)	4:27 min	Keyboard	1615
31	Ricercata duodecimo tono con quattro fughe, for keyboard (Book 2)	3:58 min	Keyboard	1615
32	Ricercata nono tono con tre fughe, for keyboard (Book 2)	4:08 min	Keyboard	1615
33	Ricercata ottavo tono con tre fughe, for keyboard (Book 2)	4:32 min	Keyboard	1615
34	Ricercata primo tono con tre fughe, for keyboard (Book 2)	4:03 min	Keyboard	1615
35	Ricercata quarto tono con tre fughe & suoi riversi, for keyboard (Book 2)	4:27 min	Keyboard	1615
36	Ricercata quinto tono con quattro fughe, for keyboard (Book 2)	2:50 min	Keyboard	1615
37	Ricercata secondo tono con tre fughe e suoi riversi, for keyboard (Book 2)	4:54 min	Keyboard	1615
38	Ricercata sesto tono cromatico con una fuga sola, for keyboard (Book 2)	5:05 min	Keyboard	1615
39	Ricercata settimo tono con tre fughe, for keyboard (Book 2)	4:02 min	Keyboard	1615
40	Ricercata terzo tono con tre fughe, for keyboard (Book 2)	3:49 min	Keyboard	1615
41	Ricercata undecimo tono con tre fughe, for keyboard (Book 2)	3:40 min	Keyboard	1615
42	Sopra il stesso Canto fermo à 5 con tre parti in canone senza regola, ma per forza di contrappunto, for keyboard (Book 2)	2:38 min	Keyboard	1615
43	Toccata prima à quattro, for keyboard (Book 2)	2:42 min	Keyboard	1615
44	Toccata quarta & ultima à cinque, for keyboard (Book 2)	2:38 min	Keyboard	1615
45	Toccata Seconda & Ligature per l'Arpa, for keyboard (or harp) (Book 2)	3:08 min	Keyboard	1615
46	Toccata terza & ricercar sopra il Cimbalo cromatico, for keyboard (Book 2)	5:05 min	Keyboard	1615
47	Canto fermo primo del primo Tono, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:00 min	Keyboard	1603
48	Canto fermo quarto del primo Tono, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:02 min	Keyboard	1603
49	Canto fermo secondo del secondo tone (Ricercate, canonze francese ... a 4 voci, Book 1)	3:15 min	Miscellaneous (Classical)	1603
50	Canzone francese prima, for keyboard (Book 1)	2:50 min	Keyboard	1603
51	Canzone francese quarta, for keyboard (Book 1)	4:47 min	Keyboard	1603
52	Canzone francese quinta sopra dunque credete ch'io, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:19 min	Keyboard	1603
53	Canzone francese seconda, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:04 min	Keyboard	1603
54	Canzone francese sesta, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:06 min	Keyboard	1603
55	Canzone francese settima Cromatica, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:30 min	Keyboard	1603
56	Canzone francese terza, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:35 min	Keyboard	1603
57	Capriccio sopra la, fa, sol, la, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:36 min	Keyboard	1603
58	Capriccio sopra un soggetto solo, for keyboard (Book 1)	2:59 min	Keyboard	1603
59	Gagliarda ottava, for keyboard (Book 1)	1:25 min	Keyboard	1603
60	Gagliarda prima, for keyboard (Book 1)	1:45 min	Keyboard	1603
61	Gagliarda quarta, for keyboard (Book 1)	1:46 min	Keyboard	1603
62	Gagliarda quinta, for keyboard (Book 1)	2:10 min	Keyboard	1603
63	Gagliarda seconda, for keyboard (Book 1)	1:40 min	Keyboard	1603
64	Gagliarda sesta, for keyboard (Book 1)	2:10 min	Keyboard	1603
65	Gagliarda settima, for keyboard (Book 1)	2:23 min	Keyboard	1603
66	Gagliarda terza, for keyboard (Book 1)	2:10 min	Keyboard	1603
67	Io mi son giovinetto, passaggiata for keyboard (after Ferabosco) (Book 1)	5:29 min	Keyboard	1603
68	Partite su Fedele, for keyboard (Book 1)	9:56 min	Keyboard	1603
69	Partite su Ruggiero, for keyboard (Book 1)	16:07 min	Keyboard	1603
70	Ricercare decimo tono trasportato con una fugha sola, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:45 min	Keyboard	1603
71	Ricercare duodecimo tono con quattro fughe, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:11 min	Keyboard	1603
72	Ricercare nono tono con tre fughe, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:12 min	Keyboard	1603
73	Ricercare ottavo tono sopra Rugiero con tre fughe, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:49 min	Keyboard	1603
74	Ricercare primo tono con tre fughe, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:36 min	Keyboard	1603
75	Ricercare quarto tono con tre fughe & inganni, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:16 min	Keyboard	1603
76	Ricercare quinto tono con quattro fughe, for keyboard (Book 1)	2:13 min	Keyboard	1603
77	Ricercare secondo tono con quattro fughe, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:38 min	Keyboard	1603
78	Ricercare sesto Tono con tre fughe, e suoi riversi, for keyboard (Book 1)	2:44 min	Keyboard	1603
79	Ricercare settimo tono con due fughe, for keyboard (Book 1)	2:23 min	Keyboard	1603
80	Ricercare terzo tono con tre fughe, for keyboard (Book 1)	2:22 min	Keyboard	1603
81	Ricercare undecimo tono trasportato con due fughe, for keyboard (Book 1)	2:28 min	Keyboard	1603
82	Terzo Canto fermo del nono Tono, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:47 min	Keyboard	1603
83	Toccata prima secondo Tono, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:26 min	Keyboard	1603
84	Toccata seconda ottavo Tono, for keyboard (Book 1)	3:11 min	Keyboard	1603
85	Conzonanze Stravaganti, for keyboard or ensemble	2:19 min	Keyboard	1600
86	A Santa Maria della Stella, for 4 voices	2:11 min	Vocal Music	-
87	Aria nona "L'Emenfrodito," for ensemble	3:27 min	Chamber Music	-
88	Canto della Sirene, for 3 voices & continuo	6:02 min	Vocal Music	-
89	Canto di Venere, for voice & continuo	2:31 min	Vocal Music	-
90	Canzone Francese, for keyboard or ensemble	2:44 min	Chamber Music	-
91	Cum jucunditate	3:08 min	Choral	-
92	Durezze a legature, for keyboard or ensemble	3:03 min	Chamber Music	-
93	Gagiliarda quarta "Alla Spagnola"	3:30 min	Miscellaneous (Classical)	-
94	Gagliarda prima "La Galante"	3:19 min	Orchestral	-
95	Gagliarda Prima a 5, for keyboard ("La Galante") (Book 2)	2:23 min	Keyboard	-
96	Gagliarda Quarta, for keyboard or ensemble ("In the Style of the Spanish")	2:57 min	Keyboard	-
97	Gagliarda Terza a 4, for keyboard or ensemble ("According to Talianella")	2:10 min	Keyboard	-
98	Gagliarda Terza a 5, for keyboard or ensemble ("On Mantouana")	2:56 min	Keyboard	-
99	Partite artificiose sopra il Tenore di Zefiro	4:11 min	Chamber Music	-
100	Partite sopra Fedele, for chamber ensemble	7:47 min	Chamber Music	-
101	Partite sopra Rugiero, for harpsichord	9:35 min	Keyboard	-
102	Ricercare, anthem II	2:24 min	Keyboard	-
103	Toccata di durezze, for keyboard or ensemble	2:20 min	Keyboard	-
104	Toccata Seconda, for keyboard or ensemble	2:47 min	Keyboard	-
105	Toccata terza	3:26 min		-

Albums featuring Giovanni Maria Trabaci

#	Name album	Year	Music label
1	Trabaci, Montalbano, Leoni, Falconieri, Pandolfi, Emmanuel Resche-Caserta, Ensemble Exit – Il Sud - Seicento Violin Music In Southern Italy(CD, )	2019	Passacaille
2	Gustav Leonhardt, Froberger, Couperin, Byrd, Gibbons, Bull, Scheidemann, Weckmann, Trabaci, Frescobaldi, Pasquini, Merula ... – Clavecin Et Orgue Au XVIIe Siècle(3×CD, Compilation)	2015	Sony Classical
3	Javier Núñez (2), Fahmi Alqhai, Pedro Estevan, Sara Águeda, Valente · De Maque · Trabaci · Pasquini – À Modo Italiano(CD, )	2014	Cantus
4	Clavicembalo Napoletano(CD, Album)	2002	Arion S.A.
5	Giovanni Maria Trabaci, Sergio Vartolo, Andrew Lawrence King – Keyboard Music (Book II, 1615)(4×CD, )	2002	Naxos
6	Giovanni Maria Trabaci - Sergio Vartolo – Keyboard Music (Book I, 1603)(3×CD, )	2002	Naxos
7	Giovanni Maria Trabaci - L. Scandali, M.Bournisien, M. Fujimura, La Moderna Prattica, S. Molardi – Il Secondo Libro De Ricercate & Altri Varij Capricci(CD, )	2002	Tactus
8	Giovanni Maria Trabaci – L. Scandali - M. Bournisien, M. Fujimura, La Moderna Prattica, S. Molardi – Il Primo Libro de Ricercate, Canzone Franzese, Capricci... (Napoli 1603)(CD, )	2002	Tactus
9	Accademia Bizantina, J.H. Kapsberger, G.M. Trabaci, G. Frescobaldi, A. Falconiero, T. Merula, B. Marini, D. Castello, G. M. Bounamente, G. Picchi, B. Storace – Il Gioco Barocco Del Seicento Italiano	1997	Thymallus
10	Codex De Robertsbridge / Johann Sebastian Bach / Giovanni Gabrieli / Gioseffo Guami / Giovanni Maria Trabaci – Les Orgues En Suisse - Orgellandschaften Der Schweiz - Valère Sur Sion(LP, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo)	1984	Pelca
11	Giovanni Gabrieli / Girolamo Frescobaldi / Giovanni Trabaci / Bernardo Pasquini / Domenico Zippoli Organo E. Power Briggs Direttore Vittorio Negri – Documenti Sonori: Musica Strumentale Nel '500 E Nel '600 - Sonata Nomi Toni E Canzoni / Tre Gagliarde / Ca	1984	Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri
12	Girolamo Cavazzoni / Francesco Bianciardi / Giovanni Maria Trabaci / Girolamo Frescobaldi / Adolf Brunner / Klaus Huber – Monte-Carasso - Kath. Kirche / Luzern - Matthäuskirche(LP)	1981	Pelca
13	Alessandro Scarlatti, Domenico Scarlatti, Giovanni Maria Trabaci, Wijnand Van De Pol – Antichi Organi Italiani - Organo Positivo Napoletano Del '700(LP, Stereo)	1971	Vedette Records
14	Corelli / Couperin / Dandrieu / Daquin / Lully / Rameau / Scarlatti / Trabaci / Vivaldi - Johanan Zaraï – Les Pré-Bach Vol. 1 (2 Clavecins + Percussions)(LP)	1970	Moshé-Naïm
15	G.-M. Trabaci, T. Merula, G. Frescobaldi, M. Rossi, B. Pasquini, D. Scarlatti, D. Zipoli, Ferdinando-Luigi Tagliavini – L'École Italienne De L'Orgue Aux XVIIe & XVIIIe Siècles	1963	Erato
16	Musiche Organistiche(LP)	1963	Istituto Internazionale Del Disco