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 c.1507 – 14 October 1568) was a Franco-… Read Full Bio ↴ Jacques Arcadelt (also Jacob Arcadelt c.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.
