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Arcadelt’s “Il bianco e dolce cigno” is a Renaissance-era Italian madrigal for four voices. Composed around 1538, it represents a pivotal work in the development of the secular madrigal form. Its beauty and melodic invention quickly made it exceptionally popular throughout Europe. The piece is prima...

O felici occhi miei is an Italian Renaissance madrigal by Jacques Arcadelt, a composer of Franco-Flemish origin who worked in Italy and France. Written for four unaccompanied voices, it sets a text praising the beloved's eyes and uses balanced phrases, clear declamation, and predominantly smooth pol...

Franco-Flemish composer Jacques Arcadelt (c.1507–1568) wrote over 200 madrigals; his first book (1538) was one of the most frequently reprinted vocal collections of the 16th century.

“Quand'io penso al martire” is an Italian Renaissance madrigal by Jacques Arcadelt, a Franco-Flemish composer active principally in Italy and France. Written for four unaccompanied voices, it sets an Italian text associated with Petrarchan love poetry and uses the clear textures and balanced phrasin...

"Ahimè, dov'è il mio ben" is a four-voice Italian madrigal composed by the Franco-Flemish composer Jacques Arcadelt during the Renaissance. Active in Florence and Rome during the 1530s and 1540s, Arcadelt was one of the most prominent and widely published early composers of the Italian madrigal. Thi...

"Voi ve n'andate al cielo" is a four-voice Italian madrigal composed by the Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer Jacques Arcadelt. Active in Italy during the mid-16th century, Arcadelt was a foundational figure in the early development of the Italian madrigal form. The piece exemplifies the graceful,...

O felic'occhi miei is a four-voice madrigal by Jacques Arcadelt, a Franco-Flemish composer active in Italy during the sixteenth century. Published in the early Italian madrigal collections of the 1530s and 1540s, it explores the mixed emotional experience of amorous longing, including pleasure and d...

Ahimè, dov'è il bel viso is a Renaissance Italian madrigal by Jacques Arcadelt. The piece sets a text expressing grief over the disappearance or loss of a beautiful face, using the language of lament associated with Petrarchan poetry. It belongs to the tradition of sixteenth-century Italian secular...

"Quand'io pens'al martire" is a secular Italian madrigal attributed to Jacques Arcadelt, a composer associated with the development of the sixteenth-century madrigal. The text reflects on the suffering caused by unreturned love, a common subject in Renaissance vocal music. The work is written for fo...

Madrigal by Jacques Arcadelt addressing a beloved's ascent to heaven, published in his Italian collections and notable for its devotional, elegiac tone.