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style finally appeared in
England. While the music of the English Madrigal School is of generally high quality and has endured in popularity, it is useful to remember that the total output of the composers was relatively small: Luca Marenzio in Italy alone published more books of madrigals than the
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court; he wrote many works in the form, and not only did they prove popular but they inspired some imitation by local composers. The development that caused the explosion of madrigal composition in
England, however, was the development of native poetry—especially the
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The following list includes almost all of the composers of the
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in 1588, it proved to be immensely popular, and the vogue for madrigal composition in
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singing groups. Wilbye had a very small compositional output, but his madrigals are distinctive with their expressiveness and
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for which the music has survived. His style is melodic, easily singable, and remains popular with
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wrote more madrigals (over 1100) than were written in
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music" rendered the style obsolete; somewhat belatedly, characteristics of the
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is often considered to be a lament for the death of the
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was a collection of
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entire sum of madrigal publications in England, and
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1557:Ars antiqua
1427:Renaissance
1422:Early music
1318:Netherlands
1298:Elizabethan
1153:Jacopo Peri
1123:Alonso Lobo
1083:John Cooper
945:Late (1530)
905:Jean Mouton
817:Jean Japart
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395:" of 1612,
374:Shakespeare
370:John Wilbye
197:Major forms
1825:Categories
1801:West Coast
1724:Notre Dame
1702:New Jewish
1697:New German
1692:Neapolitan
1677:Manchester
1592:Burgundian
1587:Boston Six
1452:Philosophy
1447:Literature
1415:Background
1281:Traditions
1257:Magnificat
1247:Intermedio
1191:Burgundian
634:(c 1580-?)
602:John Mundy
429:recitative
378:a cappella
330:published
299:a cappella
184:Monteverdi
164:Palestrina
69:Burgundian
1763:Viennese
1607:Darmstadt
1267:Offertory
1196:Colorists
1058:Mannerism
638:John Ward
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466:John Bull
444:Composers
144:Tinctoris
46:Composers
1759:Venetian
1719:New York
1682:Mannheim
1602:Colorist
1564:Ars nova
1488:Category
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1252:Madrigal
1226:Venetian
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344:Marenzio
295:madrigal
216:Madrigal
179:Victoria
134:Ockeghem
129:Binchois
94:Venetian
79:Colorist
36:Overview
21:a series
19:Part of
1744:Les Six
1597:Cologne
1577:Bologna
1478:→
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1288:British
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1442:Dance
1333:Spain
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1262:Mass
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