Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder
Alfonso Ferrabosco (baptized 18 January 1543 – 12 August 1588) was an Italian composer. While mostly famous as the solitary
His father, Domenico Ferrabosco, and son, Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger were also composers.
Life and career
He was the eldest son of
Many have said that he was a secret service agent for Elizabeth, working during a time when such intelligence was desperately needed; however, little more than circumstantial evidence has ever been produced on this allegation. He was certainly unusually well-paid for a musician at the court of Elizabeth. Attempts by Elizabeth to get him to return to England after 1580 were fruitless.
Music
Ferrabosco brought the madrigal to England. While he did not start the madrigal craze there—that really began in 1588 with the publication of
In addition to the madrigals, Ferrabosco wrote sacred music, including
Notes
- ^ John V. Cockshoot and Christopher D.S. Field. "Ferrabosco." In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/09507pg2 (accessed October 21, 2009).
References
- Sadie, Stanley (1995). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Tiomkin to Virdung. ISBN 978-1-56159-174-9.
- Reese, Gustave (1959). Music in the Renaissance. W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-09530-2.
External links
- Free scores by Alfonso Ferrabosco Sr. at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Free scores by Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Music Collection in Cambridge Digital Library which contains early copies/examples of Ferrabosco's compositions
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