Adrian Willaert, Dutch-Italian composer and educator (born 1490)

Adrian Willaert

Flemish composer (c. 1490–1562)

Adrian Willaert was a Flemish composer of High Renaissance music. Mainly active in Italy, he was the founder of the Venetian School. He was one of the most representative members of the generation of northern composers who moved to Italy and transplanted the polyphonic…