chromaticism and word-painting. Technically they were skillful, and this is the quality that impressed the English commentators the most: "deep skill" was the phrase Thomas Morley used to describe his work when he published several of his compositions in a collection of 1598, ten years after his death. Robert Dow also included two of his works in his manuscript, now known as the Dow Partbooks. In addition to the madrigals, Ferrabosco wrote sacred music, including motets, lamentations, and several anthems, all in a cappella vocal style. He also wrote instrumental music: fantasias, pavans, galliards, In Nomines, and passamezzos, for a variety of instrumental combinations including lute and viols. Notes References External links Music Collection in Cambridge Digital Library which contains early copies/examples of Ferrabosco's compositions 1543 births 1588 deaths 16th-century English composers Renaissance composers Italian classical composers Italian male classical composers Madrigal composers English madrigal composers English male composers Italian emigrants to the Kingdom of England