Adrian Willaert

Willaert in 1527 portrait

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.[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ Miller 1972, p. 53.
  2. ^ Reese 1959, pp. 370–371.

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