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unusual facts about Adrian Willaert


Roeselare

Adrian Willaert, Renaissance-era composer (birth in Roeselare uncertain)


Infelix ego

Some of the composers who set Infelix ego to music include Adrian Willaert (he was the first to set it directly); Cipriano de Rore; Nicola Vicentino; Simon Joly; Orlande de Lassus, working in Munich; Lassus's student Jacob Reiner; and in England, William Byrd.

John Stafford Smith

His publication "Musica Antiqua" (1812) included musical scores of works by Jacob Obrecht, Adrian Willaert, Jacob Clemens and Cristóbal de Morales with historical notes on each piece.

Musical cryptogram

Josquin's method was imitated by several of his contemporaries and successors, including Adrian Willaert and Costanzo Festa (see the article on Soggetto cavato).

Veni Sancte Spiritus

It has been set to music by a number of composers, especially during the Renaissance, including Dufay, Josquin, Willaert, Palestrina, John Dunstaple, Lassus, Victoria, and Byrd.


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