of his day; his works were published throughout Italy, Germany, and the Low Countries, and continued to be reprinted long after his death. He wrote motets, psalm settings, madrigals, as well as some of the earliest compositions to be called "cantata." References Further reading Manfred Bukofzer, Music in the Baroque Era. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1947. Articles "Alessandro Grandi", "Monody", in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. External links Free scores at the Mutopia Project 1586 births 1630 deaths Italian Baroque composers Italian male classical composers 17th-century deaths from plague (disease) 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century male musicians