Jacques de Wert

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Jacques de Wert was a prominent 16th-century Franco-Flemish composer known for his expressive Italian madrigals that influenced later Renaissance and early Baroque music.

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Jacques de Wert canonical 3

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instanceOf Renaissance composer
composer
madrigal composer
person
alternateName Giaches de Wert
associatedWith Ferrara
Mantua
birthPlace Prince-Bishopric of Liège
Weert
birthYear 1535
citizenship Habsburg Netherlands
deathPlace Mantua
deathYear 1596
employer Duke of Mantua
House of Gonzaga
genre madrigal
motet
sacred music
hasWorkType madrigal cycles
masses
motets
influenced Carlo Gesualdo
Claudio Monteverdi
early Baroque vocal style
late Renaissance madrigalists
influencedBy Cipriano de Rore
languageOfWork Italian
Latin
movement Renaissance music
name Jacques de Wert
nationality Franco-Flemish
notableFor development of the late Italian madrigal
notableWork Il ottavo libro de madrigali a cinque voci
Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci
Il quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci
Il quinto libro de madrigali a cinque voci
Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci
Il sesto libro de madrigali a cinque voci
Il settimo libro de madrigali a cinque voci
Il terzo libro de madrigali a cinque voci
occupation composer
maestro di cappella
period 16th century
positionHeld maestro di cappella at the court of Mantua
style dramatic contrasts
expressive text setting
intense chromaticism
workedIn Italy

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Giaches de Wert alternateName Jacques de Wert
Giaches Wert alternativeName Jacques de Wert
Jacques de Wert name Jacques de Wert