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Jacques Arcadelt

1507 - 1568

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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. 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. 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.Arcadelt 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Arcadelt has received more than 125,306 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Arcadelt is the 291st most popular composer (down from 253rd in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 127th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Belgian Composer.

Jacques Arcadelt is most famous for his madrigals. He also wrote motets, chansons, and other sacred music.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jacques Arcadelt ranks 291 out of 1,216Before him are Eduard Hanslick, Charles Ives, Julius Fučík, Nicolaus Bruhns, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and Alan Silvestri. After him are Antonio Soler, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Bernard Herrmann, Gustave Charpentier, Georges Auric, and Christian Gottlob Neefe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1507, Jacques Arcadelt ranks 6Before him are Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal, Jiajing Emperor, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, and Altan Khan. After him are Johannes Sturm, Inés Suárez, Ferrante Gonzaga, Bálint Bakfark, Marie of Baden-Sponheim, and Alvise I Mocenigo. Among people deceased in 1568, Jacques Arcadelt ranks 6Before him are Elisabeth of Valois, Carlos, Prince of Asturias, Jean Parisot de Valette, Albert, Duke of Prussia, and Lamoral, Count of Egmont. After him are Stanislaus Kostka, Andrés de Urdaneta, Sophie of Pomerania, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Christoph, Duke of Württemberg.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jacques Arcadelt ranks 151 out of 1,019Before him are Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872), Toots Thielemans (1922), Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165), Theroigne de Mericourt (1762), Eric Walter Elst (1936), and Bartholomeus Spranger (1546). After him are The Singing Nun (1933), Jacob Le Maire (1585), Elio Di Rupo (1951), Leo Baekeland (1863), Charles Michel (1975), and John I, Duke of Brabant (1252).

Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Jacques Arcadelt ranks 11Before him are Adrian Willaert (1490), Gilles Binchois (1400), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Jacob Obrecht (1457), and André Grétry (1741). After him are Pierre De Geyter (1848), Heinrich Isaac (1450), Cipriano de Rore (1515), Johannes Tinctoris (1435), Pierre de la Rue (1460), and Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802).