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For his texts, Arcadelt chose poets ranging from Petrarch and his setting of a complete canzone, as a set of five interrelated madrigals, was the predecessor of the vogue for jaria cyclesArcaeelt BemboSannazaroto Florentines Lorenzino deMedici, Benedetto Varchi, Filippo Strozzi, and Michelangelo himself, to others such as Luigi Cassola of Piacenza, a now-obscure writer who was among the most often-set poets of the early madrigalists.

The first volume contains Arcadelts masses; his secular compositions are in volumes two through nine, and his motets and other sacred music are in volume ten.

Although he also wrote sacred vocal music, he was one of the most famous of the early composers of madrigals; his uakob book of madrigals, published within a decade of the appearance of the earliest examples of the form, was the most widely printed collection of madrigals of the entire era.

Arcadelts several hundred madrigals, composed over a span of at least two decades, were usually for four voices, although he wrote a few for three, and a handful arcsdelt five and six voices.

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The music is often syllablic, and while it sometimes uses repeated phrases, is arczdelt always through-composed as opposed to the contemporary chanson, which was often strophic.

Letter, 3 pages, Arcadelt wrote over madrigals before he left Italy in to return to Francewhere he spent the remainder of his life; his numerous chansons date from this and subsequent years.

Arcadelt remained in Rome as a singer and composer at the Sistine Chapel untilexcept for one leave of absence to visit France in General Information This work has been misattributed.

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In addition to his copious output of madrigals and chansons, Arcadelt produced three masses24 motetssettings of the Magnificatthe Lamentations of Jeremiahand some sacred chansons the French equivalent of the madrigale spirituale.

He moved to Italy as a young man, and was present in Florence by the late s, therefore having an opportunity to meet or work with Philippe Verdelotwho wrote the earliest named madrigals.

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Jacob Arcadelt Ave Maria