August 30, 1585:
Andrea Gabrieli dies in Venice, Republic of Venice, aged approximately 50 years.
April 15, 1971:
After a performance of Alessandro Scarlatti’s (†245) Missa pro defunctis and Stravinsky’s Requiem Canticles, an oration by the Mayor of Venice and a Greek Orthodox ceremony featuring organ works by Andrea Gabrieli (†384), the earthly remains of Igor Stravinsky are interred on the island of San Michele in Venice, a few steps from those of Sergey Diaghilev.
May 14, 1979:
Pléïades for six percussionists by Iannis Xenakis (56) is performed for the first time, in Strasbourg. The movements are interspersed with the music of Giovanni Gabrieli (†356).