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While he is best known as a Madrigalist , he was also an accomplished organist and Pedagogue (he was the mentor of Frescobaldi ). As a child he studied with Cipriano De Rore , and as an adult served as the court organist to Duke Alfonso II , where he did the bulk of his composition.

Luzzaschi composed seven books of madrigals for five voices, including the famous ''Madrigali ... per cantare, et sonare, a uno, e doi, e tre soprani'' of 1601 . Unlike many madrigalists of the time, he included a highly ornamented Soprano line, anticipating some of the changes to come in the early Baroque era. Also unique in Luzzaschi's work is the existence of written-out keyboard accompaniments.

He was a skilled representative of the late Italian madrigal style, along with Palestrina , Wert , Monte , Lassus , Marenzio , Gesualdo and others. In addition to his madrigals, he also composed sacred music (he published a collection of five-part Motet s in 1598 ).


REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING


  • Gustave Reese , ''Music in the Renaissance''. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954. ISBN 0393095304

  • ''The Concise Edition of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians'', 8th ed. Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky. New York, Schirmer Books, 1993. ISBN 002872416X