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Philippe Verdelot
French composer
Philippe Verdelot (1480 to 1485–1530 to 1540)[1][2] was a French composer of the Renaissance, who spent most of his life in Italy.
He is commonly considered to be the father of the Italian madrigal, and certainly was one of its earliest and most prolific composers; in addition he was prominent in the musical life of Florence during the period after the recapture of the city by the Medici from the followers of Girolamo Savonarola.
Life
Verdelot was born in Les Loges, Seine-et-Marne, France. Details of his early life are obscure.
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He probably came to Italy at an early age, spending the first decade or two of the 16th century at some cities in northern Italy, most likely including Venice. A painting of 1511, described by Vasari but never positively identified, is believed by many musicologists to show Verdelot in Venice with an Italian singer.
Verdelot is known to have been maestro di cappella at the Baptisterium Sa