Thomas Morley, which contained 25 different madrigals by 23 different composers. Published in 1601 as a tribute to Elizabeth I of England, each madrigal contains a reference to Oriana, a name used to reference the Queen. Madrigals continued to be composed in England through the 1620s, but the air and "recitative music" rendered the style obsolete; somewhat belatedly, characteristics of the Baroque style finally appeared in England. While the music of the English Madrigal School is of generally high quality and has endured in popularity, it is useful to remember that the total output of the composers was relatively small: Luca Marenzio in Italy alone published more books of madrigals than the entire sum of madrigal publications in England, and Philippe de Monte wrote more madrigals (over 1100) than were written in England during the entire period. Composers The following list includes almost all of the composers of the English Madrigal School who published works. Many of these were amateur composers, some known only for a single book of madrigals, and some for an even smaller contribution. Thomas Bateson (c 1570–1630) John Bennet (c 1575–after 1614) John Bull (1562–1628) William Byrd (1543–1623) Thomas Campion (1567–1620) Richard Carlton (c 1558–?1638) Michael Cavendish (c 1565–1628) John Dowland (1563–1626) Michael East (c 1580–c 1648) John Farmer (c 1565–1605) Giles Farnaby (c 1560–c 1620) Alfonso Ferrabosco (1543–1588) (Italian, but worked in England for two decades) Ellis Gibbons (1573–1603) Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625) Thomas Greaves (fl. c 1600) William Holborne (fl. 1597) John Holmes (d. 1629) John Jenkins (1592–1678) Robert Jones (fl. 1597–1615) George Kirbye (c 1565–1634) Henry Lichfild (fl. 1613, d. after 1620) John Milton (1562–1647) Thomas Morley (1557–1603) John Mundy (c 1555–1630) Peter Philips (c 1560–1628) (lived and published in the Netherlands, but wrote in an English style) Francis Pilkington (c 1570–1638) Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656) Thomas Vautor (c 1580-?) John Ward (1571–1638) Thomas Weelkes (1576–1623) John Wilbye (1574–1638) Further reading The Oxford Book of English Madrigals, ed. Philip Ledger. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, 1978. (Issued with recordings of 38 of these madrigals by Pro Cantione Antiqua (augmented) under Philip Ledger - OUP 151/2) Sources Gustave Reese, Music in the Renaissance. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954. Article "Madrigal" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. 16th century in England 17th century in England Renaissance music Composition schools