Posted by Brian Dean on November 25, 19102 at 16:02:09:

In Reply to: Giovanni Gabrieli - The True Father of Baroque and Liturgical Music? posted by Joan Hammond on July 31, 19102 at 12:33:01:

: Having listened to works by Tallis, Byrd and Palestrina, I believe that nothing comes close to the peaceful, melodic and velvety beauty of GG's writings.

: GG's works have everything, and their quality has not be surped through the ages. Not even Bach could match GG.

Although I agree that Gabrielli was a better composer than
Palestrina (making me a heretic amoung music historians)
he does not compare to Bach. For one thing, there are
a few works of his where he makes mistakes in his
contrapuntal writing. Whereas Bach never made any
mistakes (or none that I am aware of). In my mind,
technical skill such as that is one of the necessary
marks of a great composer. Which is why I don't think
that Tchaikovski was a great composer (since he was
terrible at form)

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