Skjavetić, Schiavetto, Schiavetti, Julije, Giulio, *Šibenik (?), †after 1564, Croatian composer. He most likely worked in Dalmatia. He dedicated his book of motets to Girolamo Savorgnano, Bishop of Šibenik from 1557 to 1573, which may indicate that he remained in his service around 1564.
Skjavetić’s work is in the Dutch style and shows the influence of A. Willaert. The motets are often based on a chorale cantus firmus, which can be performed in canon, including mensural canon (in the 5-part Asperges me). In madrigals (only two of which have been preserved with all voices), which belong to the “a note nere” type, free imitation dominates. Most madrigals use texts by F. Petrarch and L. Ariosto.
Literature: D. Plamenac Su Julije Skjavetić (Giulio Skjavetić) e i „Motetti a cinque et a, sei voci” del 1564 (Annotazioni bibliografiche), “Subsidia Musica Veneta” II, 1981; K. Kos “Appariran per me le stell’in cielo” von O. di Lasso und J. Skjavetić (Schiavetto). Stilkritischer Vergleich, “Muzikološki Zbornik” XI, 1975; L. Županović La musique croate du XVIe siècle, Musica Antiqua Europae Orientalis, festival in Bydgoszcz. Acta scientifica II, Bydgoszcz 1969; L. Županović Julije Skjavetić i njegove (vokalne) skladbe svjetovne sadržajnosti (“Julije Skjavetić and his (vocal) compositions of secular content”), “Bašćinski Glasi” IV, 1995; E. Stipčević Rani novi vijek u svjetlu hrvatske glazbene historiografije, commemorative book of T. Raukar, Zagreb 2005.
Compositions:
sacred:
Motetti, 18 pieces for 5–6 voices, Venice 1564, unique item in the Jagiellonian Library; book 2 of motets (lost)
secular:
Madrigali, 9 pieces for 5 voices (including three in 2 movements and one in 4 movements) and 13 four-part pieces (two in three parts), preserved CAT, Venice 1563
in collective publications from 1562 and 1564:
2 madrigals for 5 voices
2 madrigals for 4 and 5 voices
Editions:
Julije Skjavetić (Giulio Schiavetti/Schiavetto). Vokalne skladbe I, Duhovne: Moteti u pet i šest glasova (1564) and 2 greghesche and 2 madrigals, ed. L. Županović, «Spomenici Hrvatske Glazbene Prošlosti» XI, I and II, Zagreb 1996,1970 and 1971;
Julije Skjavetić (Giulio Schiavetti/Schiavetto). Vokalne skladbe I, Duhovne: Moteti u pet i šest glasova (1564) and 2 greghesche and 2 madrigals, ed. L. Županović, «Spomenici Hrvatske Glazbene Prošlosti» XI, I and II, Zagreb 1996, 1970 and 1971; Vokalne skladbe II: Svjetovne nepotpuno (te dopunjene) i potpuno sačuvane – Madrigali i gregeske u četiri i pet glasova (1562., 1563., 1564.), ed. L. Županović, «Spomenici Hrvatske Glazbene Prošlosti» XII, Zagreb 2004
