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(A’-dre-an Vil-lârt) c. 1490–1562 Flemish composer Willaert was one of an important group of composers who settled in Italy and there adapted the Franco-Flemish style. He spent most of his career as maestro di cappella at St Mark’s, Venice. He gathered around him an influential group of musicians, inc­luding Rore and the great theorist Zarlino. His greatest publication was Musica ...

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(Che-pre-a’-no da Ro’-ra) c. 1515–65 Franco-Flemish composer Rore spent much of his relatively short life in Italy, first in Ferrara and then in the brilliant musical circle around Willaert in Venice. Rore was cited by Monteverdi as a pioneer of the seconda pratica, and modern critics tend to emphasize the serious, intellectually rigorous side to his musical personality. But ...

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(Jo-zef’-fo Tsâr-le’-no) 1517–90 Italian theorist and composer Zarlino’s early musical experience was in the circle around Willaert in Venice in the 1540s. He was maestro di cappella at St Mark’s, Venice, from 1565 until his death. In 1558 Zarlino published his Institutioni harmoniche, the first of a number of books that remain central to the canon of music theory. ...

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among the most loved examples of the genre. Recommended Recording: English and Italian Renaissance Madrigals, Hilliard Ensemble (dir) Paul Hillier (Virgin/Erato) Introduction | Renaissance | Classical Personalities | Adrian Willaert | Renaissance | Classical ...

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other composers, they have to do as the notes will.’ Martin Luther on Josquin des Prez Leading Exponents Johannes Ockeghem Jacob Obrecht Josquin des Prez Heinrich Isaac Adrian Willaert Carlo Gesualdo Orlande de Lassus Thomas Tallis William Byrd Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Giovanni Gabrieli Renaissance Style In the Renaissance style, motet writing supports four unaccompanied voices, which ...

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in manuscript form during the 1520s and in print a decade later. The greatest cont­ributions of that time were by three Franco-Flemish musicians who worked in Italy – Verdelot, Willaert and Arcadelt. In the mid-century madrigals of Rore, a more vividly expressive style developed: he used smaller note values to create a rapid parlando (It. ‘speaking’) effect, contrasted ...