What is Cipriano de Rore?
'''Cipriano de Rore''' (born in [[Ronse]], [[Flanders]], [[1515]] or [[1516]]; died [[Parma]], [[September]] [[1565]]) was a [[composer]] who lived in the [[Renaissance]] period. He was [[Flemish people|Flemish]], but spent all his adult life in [[Italy]]. The name de Rore is a proper [[Flemish language|Flemish]] name, not a name that has been changed to look Italian. He was one of the most important composer of [[madrigal]]s in the [[16th century]]. == Life == There is very little known about Rore's early life. He was born in a small town called Ronse (Renaix) in what is now [[Belgium]]. It is possible that he had music lessons in [[Antwerp]]. We think that he was taken to Italy by [[Margaret of Parma]] in [[1533]] as one of her [[servant]]s. Margaret, who was an [[illegitimate]] daughter of [[Charles V]], was very wealthy and she married into the [[Medici]] family. Rore probably continued to learn about music in Italy. In his music publications de Rore is called a “disciple” of [[Adrian Willaert]]. We do not know whether this means that he had lessons from Willaert, or just that he learned to compose by studying Willaert’s music. His first book of madrigals was published in [[1542]], and then two books of [[motet]]s were published. In [[1546]] Rore went to [[Ferrara]], where he was ''[[maestro di cappella]]'' (choirmaster) He wrote a great deal of music in Ferrara. He worked for the Duke Ercole II d'Este. He composed [[mass (music)|masses]], [[motet]]s, [[chanson]]s, and lots of [[madrigal]]s, some of which were about things that happened in the court at Ferrara. The duke awarded him an important honour. Rore also wrote music for Albrecht V of Bavaria who lived in [[Munich]]. He left his job in Ferrara and went back to Flanders where he found his home town Ronse had been destroyed in a [[war]]. He went back to Ferrara, but could not get his old job back. After another visit to Flanders he returned to Italy and got a job in [[Parma]], but the music in that town was not very good. For a shor