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Willaert [wil-ahrt, vil-] Examples noun
- A·dri·an [ey-dree-uh n, ah-dree-ahn] /ˈeɪ dri ən, ˈɑ driˌɑn/, c1480–1562, Flemish composer.
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In 1549 fantasies for three voices, vocal or instrumental, by Willaert were printed.
W. J. Henderson
He was a younger contemporary of Willaert’s, but was born an Italian.
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1
Rupert Hughes
Willaert is regarded by many as the founder of the madrigal, of which there is more to be said presently.
A Popular History of the Art of Music
W. S. B. Mathews
Strangely enough Willaert never mentions either his compositions or his daughter Catharine, who was a composer, too.
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1
Rupert Hughes
One of Willaert’s motets, at any rate, tells the story of Susannah, and is plainly a forerunner of the oratorio.
W. J. Henderson