Alfonso Ferrabosco is known for his madrigals,…

1578 CE

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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