Composer
Adrian Willaert
Franco-Flemish composer and founder of the Venetian School (1480–1562)
1490–1562
25 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1490
- Died
- 1562
- Birthplace
- Rumbeke
- Place of death
- Venice
- Citizenship / historical state
- County of Flanders
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Renaissance
Biography
Adrian Willaert (c. 1490 – 7 December 1562) was a Flemish composer of High Renaissance music. Mainly active in Italy, he was the founder of the Venetian School. He was one of the most representative members of the generation of northern composers who moved to Italy and transplanted the polyphonic Franco-Flemish style there.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer
- Teachers
- Jean Mouton
- Genres
- classical music
- Native languages
- Dutch
- Languages used
- Dutch
- VIAF ID
- 14959955
- ISNI
- 0000000120921059
- GND ID
- 118771957
- Library of Congress ID
- n81140117
- MusicBrainz ID
- 48a4c3b0-69d2-4d92-a2d7-61d0e33fdf02
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Organ, Voice, A Cappella, Cello, Choir
- Genres represented
- Classical
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 14959955. Portrait: Unidentified painter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.