Still in Rome, in January 1539, he was probably made a member of the Julian Chapel (the records give his name as 'Jacobus flandrus', suggesting a Flemish origin, but it cannot be known with certainty if this record refers to Arcadelt). Peter's Basilica many composers from the Netherlands served as singers there throughout this period, and it is even possible that he went to Rome before coming to Florence. In 1538, or immediately before, he moved to Rome where he obtained an appointment with the papal choir at St. He moved to Italy as a young man, and was present in Florence by the late 1520s, thereby gaining an opportunity to meet or work with Philippe Verdelot, who wrote the earliest named madrigals. Life Īrcadelt was born in Namur on 10 August 1507.

Later composers considered Arcadelt's style to represent an ideal later reprints of his first madrigal book were often used for teaching, with reprints appearing more than a century after its original publication.

Īrcadelt was the most influential member of the early phase of madrigal composition, the 'classic' phase it was through Arcadelt's publications, more than those of any other composer, that the madrigal became known outside of Italy. In addition to his work as a madrigalist, and distinguishing him from the other prominent early composers of madrigals – Philippe Verdelot and Costanzo Festa – he was equally prolific and adept at composing chansons, particularly late in his career when he lived in Paris. Although he also wrote sacred vocal music, he was one of the most famous of the early composers of madrigals his first 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. Jacques Arcadelt (also Jacob Arcadelt 10 August 1507 – 14 October 1568 ) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in both Italy and France, and principally known as a composer of secular vocal music.

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