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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 341 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARCADELT, or ARCHADELT, See also:JACOB (c. 1514—c. 1556)  , a See also:Netherlands composer, of the See also:early See also:part of the See also:Golden See also:Age . In 1539 he See also:left a position at See also:Florence to See also:teach the choristers of St See also:Peter's, See also:Rome, and became one of the papal singers in 1540 . He was a prolific See also:church composer, but the See also:works published in his See also:Italian See also:time consist entirely of madrigals, five books of which, published at See also:Venice, probably gave a See also:great stimulus to the beginnings of the Venetian school of See also:composition . In 1555 he left See also:Italy and entered the service of Cardihal See also:Charles of See also:Lorraine, See also:duke of See also:Guise, and after this published three volumes of masses, besides contributing motets to various collections . The See also:Ave Maria, ascribed to him and transcribed as a See also:pianoforte piece by See also:Liszt, does not seem to be traced to an earlier source than its edition by See also:Sir See also:Henry See also:Bishop, which has possibly the same See also:kind of origin in See also:Arcadelt as the hymn tune " See also:Palestrina " has in the delicate and subtle Gloria of Palestrina's Magnificat Quinli Toni, the fifth in his first See also:Book of Magnificats .

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