Jacques de Wert

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Jacques de Wert was a prominent 16th-century Franco-Flemish composer known for his expressive Italian madrigals that influenced later Renaissance and early Baroque music.

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Jacques de Wert canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance composer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
madrigal composer ⓘ
person ⓘ
alternateName Giaches de Wert ⓘ
associatedWith Ferrara ⓘ
Mantua ⓘ
birthPlace Prince-Bishopric of Liège ⓘ
Weert ⓘ
birthYear 1535 ⓘ
citizenship Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
deathPlace Mantua ⓘ
deathYear 1596 ⓘ
employer Duke of Mantua ⓘ
House of Gonzaga ⓘ
genre madrigal ⓘ
motet ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
hasWorkType madrigal cycles ⓘ
masses ⓘ
motets ⓘ
influenced Carlo Gesualdo ⓘ
Claudio Monteverdi ⓘ
early Baroque vocal style ⓘ
late Renaissance madrigalists ⓘ
influencedBy Cipriano de Rore ⓘ
languageOfWork Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
movement Renaissance music ⓘ
name Jacques de Wert ⓘ
nationality Franco-Flemish ⓘ
notableFor development of the late Italian madrigal ⓘ
notableWork Il ottavo libro de madrigali a cinque voci ⓘ
Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci ⓘ
Il quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci ⓘ
Il quinto libro de madrigali a cinque voci ⓘ
Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci ⓘ
Il sesto libro de madrigali a cinque voci ⓘ
Il settimo libro de madrigali a cinque voci ⓘ
Il terzo libro de madrigali a cinque voci ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
maestro di cappella ⓘ
period 16th century ⓘ
positionHeld maestro di cappella at the court of Mantua ⓘ
style dramatic contrasts ⓘ
expressive text setting ⓘ
intense chromaticism ⓘ
workedIn Italy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giaches de Wert → alternateName → Jacques de Wert ⓘ
Giaches Wert → alternativeName → Jacques de Wert ⓘ
Jacques de Wert → name → Jacques de Wert ⓘ