COMPOSER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Arcadelt has received more than 135,662 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jacques Arcadelt is the 379th most popular composer (down from 291st in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 151st in 2019) and the 14th 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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  • 7.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jacques Arcadelt ranks 379 out of 1,451. Before him are Wolfgang Wagner, Joaquín Turina, Charles Koechlin, Hans Richter, Carl Heinrich Graun, and Rodion Shchedrin. After him are Toru Takemitsu, Cole Porter, Georges Delerue, Johann Joseph Fux, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, and Giovanni Battista Bassani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1507, Jacques Arcadelt ranks 6. Before 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 Inés Suárez, Johannes Sturm, Bálint Bakfark, Ferrante Gonzaga, Alvise I Mocenigo, and Marie of Baden-Sponheim. Among people deceased in 1568, Jacques Arcadelt ranks 8. Before him are Carlos, Prince of Asturias, Albert, Duke of Prussia, Jean Parisot de Valette, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Stanislaus Kostka, and Sophie of Pomerania. After him are Andrés de Urdaneta, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, Nicolaus Olahus, Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Gaspar Becerra.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jacques Arcadelt ranks 190 out of 1,190. Before him are Fernand Khnopff (1858), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Pierre Alechinsky (1927), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Wilfried Martens (1936), and Jacob van Artevelde (1290). After him are Paul Otlet (1868), Eden Hazard (1991), Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919), Robert Cailliau (1947), Constantin Meunier (1831), and Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Jacques Arcadelt ranks 14. Before him are André Grétry (1741), Gilles Binchois (1400), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Pierre De Geyter (1848), Heinrich Isaac (1450), and Cipriano de Rore (1515). After him are Alexander Agricola (1446), Johannes Tinctoris (1435), Pierre de la Rue (1460), Jean Absil (1893), Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), and Guillaume Lekeu (1870).

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