progressive trait of the northern Italian schools – a trait much in evidence, for example, in the music of Claudio Monteverdi. In his very last works, the influence of Viadana, the popularizer of the basso continuo, is evident, but he still remained true to the Palestrina style in his melodic and harmonic writing. Anerio wrote no known purely instrumental music. Works by Felice Anerio include: Sacred vocal Two books of Madrigali Spirituali (both Rome, 1585) Two books of sacred hymns (Venice, 1596 and Rome, 1596) Holy Week Responsories (for four voices, Rome, 1606) 13 Spiritual canzonettas; 12 motets, including many for 8 voices; psalms, litany, other works, many including a basso continuo Madrigals, choruses, solo songs for Passio de Nostro Signore in verso heroico (Viterbo, 1604) Secular vocal One book of canzonettas (1586) Five books of madrigals (one of which is lost) (1587, 1590, 1598, 1602, unknown) Miscellaneous other madrigals not included in the main publications Many magnificats, hymns, motets, and other works were printed by Karl Proske in his Musica Divina (1854). References Further reading Gustave Reese, Music in the Renaissance. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954. Manfred Bukofzer, Music in the Baroque Era. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1947. Article Felice Anerio, in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. External links 1560 births 1614 deaths Musicians from Rome Italian male classical composers Italian Baroque composers Roman school composers Renaissance composers 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century male musicians