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Adrian Willaert

1490 - 1562

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Adrian Willaert (c. 1490 – 7 December 1562) was a Flemish composer of High Renaissance music. Mainly active in Italy, he was the founder of the Venetian School. He was one of the most representative members of the generation of northern composers who moved to Italy and transplanted the polyphonic Franco-Flemish style there. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adrian Willaert is the 165th most popular composer (down from 150th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 75th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Composer.

Adrian Willaert was a composer, music theorist, and organist. He is most famous for his contribution to the madrigal.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Adrian Willaert ranks 165 out of 1,451. Before him are Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Enrique Granados, Iannis Xenakis, Eduard Strauss, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, and Kurt Weill. After him are William Byrd, Karol Szymanowski, Hugo Wolf, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Gian Carlo Menotti.

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Among people born in 1490, Adrian Willaert ranks 3. Before him are Mimar Sinan, and Albert, Duke of Prussia. After him are Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Vittoria Colonna, Huáscar, Olaus Magnus, Albert of Brandenburg, Florian Geyer, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, and Properzia de' Rossi. Among people deceased in 1562, Adrian Willaert ranks 2. Before him is Antoine of Navarre. After him are Eleanor of Toledo, Gabriele Falloppio, Götz von Berlichingen, Lütfi Pasha, Jan van Scorel, Peter of Alcantara, Francesco de' Rossi, Christoph Amberger, Giovanni de' Medici, and François de Tournon.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Adrian Willaert ranks 86 out of 1,190. Before him are Corneille Heymans (1892), Father Damien (1840), Adolphe Quetelet (1796), Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919), Étienne Lenoir (1822), and Jacky Ickx (1945). After him are Émile Verhaeren (1855), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1217), Ernest Solvay (1838), Morris (1923), and Hubert van Eyck (1366).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Adrian Willaert ranks 6. Before him are Orlande de Lassus (1534), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), César Franck (1822), André Grétry (1741), and Johannes Ockeghem (1410). After him are Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Gilles Binchois (1400), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), and Pierre De Geyter (1848).

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