Through private tutors and self-teaching he became a skilled musician and composer. In 1586 he married his first cousin, Donna Maria d’Avalos, daughter of the Marquis of Pescara.

Inspired by the stark, dramatic ceremonial of the service of Tenebrae from Holy Week, Renaissance composers gave us some of the greatest music of the age.… ...

“It’s something to do with religion. He and the Renaissance composers have the same depth of belief that they express in music. There is nothing superficial about it.

“This is the grandest way we could honor our God,” said Franciscan Father John Puodziunas, who welcomed the choir to the ...

With that, composers Drum & Lace (Sofia Hultquist) and Ian Hultquist put a similar spin on their musical approach to scoring. The film stars Kaitlyn Dever as Rosaline, the story’s jilted ex-lover.

His music is likewise arresting. Indeed, he is much studied as one of the most dramatic and experimental composers of the Renaissance whose work survives. At its simplest, this experimentalism means ...

Posterity has brought these two Renaissance composers together to mark the 400th anniversary of their deaths. The year began with a fine disc of Byrd’s sacred music from Stile Antico.

Taking inspiration from Renaissance composer Nicola Vicentino's pitch system -- who divided the octave into 31-tones as opposed to the standard 12-tone system we use today -- Jonathan's project ...