Arcadelt, Jacob (yäˈkōp ärˈkädĕlt) [key], c.1505–1568, Flemish
composer, b. Liège. He spent much of his time at the Papal court
in Rome. After 1555 he was in Paris in the service of the duke
of Guise. Arcadelt was one of many Netherlander composers who
worked in Italy. He wrote Italian madrigals, French chansons,
masses, and motets. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th
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