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Gagliano, Marco da (1582–1643)| Italian composer, brother of Giovanni Battista da Gagliano. In 1607 he founded the Accademia dell' Elevati for the cultivation of music. His opera Dafne (1608), a setting of Ottavio Rinuccini's libretto, followed Monteverdi's epoch-making Orfeo by one year; it also developed early operatic form, to include airs and choruses as well as recitative. |
| He studied organ and theorbo under Luca Bati at the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence, where he was a priest. He became instructor there in 1602 and maestro di cappella in 1608. About 1610 he was appointed maestro di cappella to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. He was in touch with the ducal family of Gonzaga at Mantua, where Dafne was produced in 1608. He also wrote music for the wedding of the Duke's son. |
Works Opera Dafne (1608), Il medoro (1616; music lost), La flora (1628). |
Sacred and church music oratorio La regina Santa Orsola (1624, music lost); Masses, Offices for the Dead, Sacrae cantiones. |
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