Giovanni de Macque

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Alias: Jean de Macque

Life

Born: c. 1548-50 in Valenciennes

Died: September 1614

Biography

Macque's birthplace appears in his motets of 1596 and the date is estimated from his voice breaking by December 1563, when he left the Viennese chapel. He studied with Philippe de Monte and was in Rome by 1574. In 1585 he joined the household of Carlo Gesualdo in Naples and became organist at several churches; his pupils included Giovanni Maria Trabaci, Ascanio Mayone and Luigi Rossi.

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List of choral works

Secular

Sacred

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Publications

  • Il primo libro de madrigali a sei voci (Venice, 1576)
  • Madrigali a quattro, a cinque et sei voci, 1579 (4vv missing)
  • Madrigaletti e napolitane a sei voci (Venice, 1581)
  • Secondo libro de madrigaletti et napolitane a sei voci (Venice, 1582)
    • issued jointly with 1581 vol. as Madrigaletti et canzonette napolitane a sei voci (Antwerp, 1600)
  • Madrigali, 5vv (Venice, 1583), lost
  • Il primo libro de madrigali a quattro voci (Venice, 1586)
  • Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Venice, 1587)
  • Il secondo libro de madrigali a sei voci (Venice, 1589, inc.)
  • Motectorum quinque sex et otto vocum, liber primus (Rome, 1596, inc.)
  • Il terzo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Ferrara, 1597, inc.)
  • Il quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Naples, 1599)
  • Il terzo libro de madrigali a quattro voci (Naples, 1610)
  • Il sesto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, (Venice, 1613)

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