Cipriano de Rore

Belgium, 1542–1565

Franco-Flemish composer (1515/16-1565) who spent his career in Italy, at Ferrara and briefly at San Marco in Venice. His chromatic, text-driven madrigals broke the smooth Renaissance surface in the service of the words, and the next century read him as the man who began the change.

MusicRoots documents 0 artists who influenced Cipriano de Rore and 2 artists Cipriano de Rore influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Which artists did Cipriano de Rore influence?

• Claudio Monteverdi — The Monteverdi brothers named Rore as the man who began the seconda pratica — the practice in which the words command the harmony.
• Luzzasco Luzzaschi — Luzzaschi grew up in the Ferrara that Rore had shaped, and his chromatic madrigal writing continues Rore's line.