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The cornett , cornetto , or zink is an early wind instrument that dates from the Medieval , Renaissance and Baroque periods , popular from ___MASK37___ to 1650 . It was used in what are now called alta capellas or wind ensembles . It is not to be confused with the trumpet - like cornet . Venice (; ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region . It is situated across a group of ___MASK19___ small islands that are separated by canals and linked by bridges . These are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon , an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers . Parts of Venice are renowned for the beauty of their settings , their architecture , and artwork . The lagoon and a part of the city are listed as a World Heritage Site . Jeronimo Bassano was an Italian musician who is noteworthy for having been head of a family of musicians -- Anthony Bassano , Jacomo , Alvise , Jasper , John and Baptista -- who moved from Venice to England and the household of Henry VIII to serve the court . Jeronimo himself never moved , however , but was listed in Venice as a `` Maestro of the trumpets and shawms . '' Through Jeronimo ' s son Jacomo , who alone among his brothers did not join the recorder consort to Henry VIII , but kept his primary residence in Venice , Jeronimo is very likely a great - grandfather to the composer Giovanni Bassano . Jeronimo was the son of Baptista `` Piva '' of Bassano del Grappa , a town 35 miles from Venice . Baptista was a musician who played the piva , a small bagpipe . He was the son of Andrea de Crespano who was from the village of Crespano , about nine miles east of Bassano . Andrea , Baptista and Jeronimo were all described as musicians and musical instrument makers . At the beginning of the 16th century , Jeronimo moved from Bassano to Venice where he was described as `` Maestro Hieronimo '' , piffero player to the Doge of Venice between 1506 and 1512 . The historian A . L . Rowse in his correspondence to The Times in 1973 claimed that the Bassanos were Jewish and Dr . David Lasocki of Indiana University ( or rather his co - author Roger Prior ) claimed in his 1995 book that the family were converted Jews . However , Giulio M . Ongaro in his `` New Documents on the Bassano Family '' in Early Music and Alessio Ruffatti ( who did research in the archives of Bassano del Grappa assisted by Professor Pier Cesare Ioly Zorattini ) both argue that the Bassanos who moved to England were not of Jewish origin . Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe . Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea , Italy shares open land borders with France , Switzerland , Austria , Slovenia , San Marino and Vatican City . Italy covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate ; due to its shape , it is often referred to in Italy as " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). With ___MASK56___ million inhabitants , it is the fourth most populous EU member state . Giovanni Bassano ( c . ___MASK30___  3 September ___MASK88___ ) was an Italian Venetian School composer and cornettist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras . He was a key figure in the development of the instrumental ensemble at St . Mark ' s basilica , and left a detailed book on instrumental ornamentation , which is a rich resource for research in contemporary performance practice . It was Bassano who was most responsible for the performance of the music of Giovanni Gabrieli , who would emerge as one of the most renowned members of the Venetian School . Giovanni Gabrieli ( c . ___MASK58___ / ___MASK43___  12 August 1612 ) was an Italian composer and organist . He was one of the most influential musicians of his time , and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School , at the time of the shift from Renaissance to Baroque idioms .