Previous posts for January 18th are here: César Cui; Emmanuel Chabrier (2020), Emmanuel Chabrier, Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder (2021), Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder (2022), and Emmanuel Chabrier (2023)
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Alfonso Ferrabosco (the Elder) (bapt.18 January 1543 – 12 August 1588) was an Italian composer who the one mainly responsible for the growth of the madrigal in England.
If the Shoe Fits...
Ferrabosco's style may have been tame and conservative by the standards of a Marenzio or a Luzzaschi, but it was harmonious with English taste. – Wikipedia
Ferrabosco’s vocal works,
Conservative and skillful,
Didn’t have the vocal quirks
Of madrigalists more willful.
Italian outgoingness
Gave cautious Britons fits,
Alfonso’s quiet knowingness
Beguiled the sullen Brits.
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