Andrea Gabrieli's contributions to the development of an idiomatic keyboard style

In the sixteenth century an idiomatic keyboard style developed. The center of this development was at St. Mark's in Venice. The organists' at St. Mark's were among the first to develop a true style for keyboard. This paper is concerned with the reasons for this development which may be seen in the works of Andrea Gabrieli, one of the famous organists at St. Mark's. An analysis of selected organ works of Gabrieli illustrates the digression from the typical Franco-Flemish vocal style of the period.Music, Moores School o