Music in the Renaissance
by Gustave Reese
Period: Renaissance
Born: 1516 in Ronse, Belgium
Died: 1565 in Parma, Italy
Nation of Origin: Belgium
Major Works:
Madrigals, motets, and church music.
St. John Passion (1557)
Other Information:
Cipriano de Rore was a Flemish composer who traveled widely and worked in several capacities at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice. He was probably a student of Adriaan Willaert. His music influenced the work of Andrea Gabrieli.
Many sources cite Mechlin as the birth place of Rore. Current research, however, has established his birthplace as Ronse (Renaix), a town in Flanders right on the linguistic boundary between the French- and Flemish-speaking areas. It is likely he born to a wealthy family.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Reese, Gustave, Music in the Renaissance, W.W. Norton & Company; November 1959, ISBN: 0393095304
Sachs, Curt, The Rise of Music in the Ancient World , W. W. Norton & Company, 1943, ASIN: 0393097188
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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