Giaches de Wert
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With the exception of Lassus, who was not primarily a madrigal composer and whose astonishing versatility warrants separate consideration, Giaches de Wert was the last of the great Franco-Flemish madrigal composers. Wert was born in Antwerp in 1535, but spent most of his life in Italy, first as a pupil of Rore in Ferrara, then at the courts of Mantua and Parma. Wert's early madrigals show the distinct influence of Willaert and Rore, but later encompassed new development of the virtuoso madrigal for highly skilled professional performers: a court such as Mantua was now wealthy enough to attr...
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