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KROCHE (Croce; nickname by birthplace - Chioggotto, Chiozzotto) Giovanni (c. 1557, Chioggia - 15 V 1609, Venice) - Italian composer and clergyman. Pupil J. Zarlino. From 1565, singer, from 1603 bandmaster of the Cathedral of San Marco in Venice. One of the leading representatives of the Venetian school, K. wrote the church. and secular production. Brilliantly mastering the technique of the choir. polyphony, he created numerous. masses, motets, psalms, magnificates, lamentations, etc. (some of them with basso continuo). In secular wok. production (madrigals, canzonettas, as well as many-headed songs), tendencies toward more transparent writing and skill in characterizing characters appeared. Among the produ. K. - songs, incl. published in Sat “New musical thoughts” (“Novi pensieri musicali”, 1594),madrigal comedies “Pleasant and funny carnival masks” (“Mascarate piacevoli et ridicolose per il carnevale”, for 4-8 voices, 1590), “Musical medicine ...” (“Triaca musicale”, for 4-7 voices, 1595).