When was the Italian composer, string player and choirmaster died who was prominent as a madrigalist like Giovanni Croce?
Giovanni Croce Giovanni Croce (] ; also Ioanne a Cruce Clodiensis, Zuanne Chiozotto; 1557 – 15 May 1609) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance, of the Venetian School. He was particularly prominent as a madrigalist, one of the few among the Venetians other than Monteverdi.
Le nuove musiche Le nuove musiche ("The New Musics") is a collection of monodies and songs for solo voice and basso continuo by the composer Giulio Caccini, published in Florence in July 1602. It is one of the earliest and most significant examples of music written in the early baroque style of the "seconda pratica". It contains 12 madrigals and 10 arias.