Artist
Jacques Arcadelt
Jacques Arcadelt appears once in our Renaissance list, placing as high as No. 7. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Renaissance
- Year
- 1538
- Highest placing
- No. 7 in Renaissance
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
Il bianco e dolce cigno
1538
Ranked No. 7 in Renaissance
The madrigal that taught Italy what a madrigal was. Four voices, a swan, a pun about dying, and word-painting so deft it stops feeling like a technique.