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Alfonso Ferrabosco is known for his madrigals, …

Years: 1578 - 1578

Alfonso Ferrabosco is known for his madrigals, motets, and lute music, influential in bringing Italian musical style to England, his motets are particularly expressive.

The son of a Bolognese singer and composer, Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Alfonso had settled in England in 1562.

He traveled abroad on several occasions; based on circumstantial evidence, it is speculated that he had used his entrée to foreign courts to act as a spy for the English government.

He has been granted a life pension by Elizabeth I, but in 1578 he returns to Italy and enters the service of the Duke of Savoy.

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