Music in the Renaissance
by Gustave Reese
Period: Renaissance
Born: c. 1490 in Bruges or Roulaers, Belgium
Died: Friday, December 7, 1562 in Venice, Italy
Nation of Origin: Belgium
Major Works:
Masses, Motets, and Madrigals
Works for double choir (for antiphonal performances in St. Mark's
in Venice)
Other Information:
Willaert was born in Flanders and died in Venice. Willaert was a
student of Mouton in Paris, worked in Rome, Ferrara, Milan, and was
director of music (maestro di capella) at St. Mark's Basilica in
Venice from 1527 to 1562.
The double-choir, double-organ configuration of St. Mark's was
first developed by Adriaan Willaert beginning in 1527. Willaert's
pupils included Gioseffo Zarlino, Cipriano de Rore, and probably
Andrea Gabrieli.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Reese, Gustave, Music in the Renaissance, W.W. Norton &
Company; November 1959, ISBN: 0393095304
Sachs, Curt, The Rise of Music in the Ancient World , W. W.
Norton & Company, 1943, ASIN: 0393097188
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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