be seen by the wide distribution of his music in Europe in the late 16th century. His influence was especially large in England; this may have been due in part to his 1567 visit, and also may have been related to the activities of Alfonso Ferrabosco, the Italian madrigalist who was resident in England for most of his life, and helped popularize the Italian style there. References and further reading Iain Fenlon: "Alessandro Striggio", in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. Iain Fenlon: "Alessandro Striggio", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed April 21, 2007), (subscription access) Gustave Reese, Music in the Renaissance. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954. Iain Fenlon and Hugh Keyte, 'Early Music' July 1980. Reference in CD liner notes to Spem in Alium by Tallis Scholars, Gimell CDGIM 006. Davitt Moroney, "Alessandro Striggio's Mass in Forty and Sixty Parts". Journal of the American Musicological Society, Vol. 60 No. 1., pp. 1–69. Spring 2007. ISSN 0003-0139 Notes Recording "La Caccia". "Il cicalamento delle donne al bucato" – on Banchieri Festino R. Alessandrini 1995 (Opus111) "Il gioco di primiera", about the perils of gambling – performed by Kings Singers on Madrigal History Tour documentary External links "www.ifagiolini.com/striggio" A microsite dedicated to the new recording of the Mass in 40 Parts by I Fagiolini BBC website for the Proms, listing the first performance of Striggio's Missa Ecco si beato giorno since the sixteenth century. "The Pope, the Emperor and the Grand Duke", lecture by Moroney on the piece at Gresham College, 18 June 2007 (available for download as an audio or video file, as well as a text file) Renaissance composers Italian classical composers Italian male classical composers 1530s births 1592 deaths Musicians from Mantua