Adrian Willaert
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Aliases: Adrian Villart; Adrian Vuigliart; Hadrianus Vuillart; Adriano Willaert
Life
Born: c. 1490 Bruges (?)
Died: Dec. 7 1562 Venice
Biography
The famous maestro di cappella of St. Mark's at Venice (1527-1562) was born in West Flanders and studied in Paris with Jean Mouton before moving to Rome (1515 or slightly before) and establishing connexions with the courts of Hungary and Ferrara.
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List of choral works
Sacred works
Secular works
Motets
Chansons
Madrigals
Other works not listed above (See Template:CheckMissing for possible reasons and solutions)
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Publications
- Liber quinque missarum 1536
- La Couronne et fleur des chansons a troys 1536 (half the works are by Willaert)
- Motecta … liber primus, 4vv 1539 [1545]
- Mottetti libro secondo, 4vv 1539, enlarged 1545 as Motecta … liber secundus
- Musica quinque vocum … liber primus 5vv 1539 [1550]
- Musicorum sex vocum ... liber primus 6vv 1542
- Hymnorum musica 1542 [1550]
- Canzone villanesche alla napolitana … con la Canzona di Ruzante … primo libro, 4vv 1545 [1548]
- Fantasie recercari contrapunti a tre voci 1551 [1559, 1593]
- I sacri e santi salmi che si cantano a Vespro e Compieta … 4vv 1555 [1565] enlarged 1571
- Musica nova 1559 (containing both motets and madrigals)
- Madrigali a quattro voci (Adrian Willaert) 1563
Modern editions
- Adriani Willaert Opera omnia, ed. H. Zenck and others, CMM, iii/1 1950-