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3 unusual facts about Musica Transalpina


Musica Transalpina

The collection appeared with a dedication to Gilbert Talbot.

Musica Transalpina is also the title of a 2006 collection of poetry by Michelene Wandor.

Thomas East

In 1588 the great collection of Italian madrigals entitled ‘Musica Transalpina’ was published, and became the most important agent in promoting that admiration for the madrigal form as used by the Italians which resulted in the foundation of the splendid school of English madrigalists.



see also

1589 in poetry

Nicholas Yonge, Musica Transalpina. Cantus, verse and music (see also Musica Transalpina 1597)