Philippe de Monte

[1] He lived and worked in Naples for a while, and in Rome, in the employ of Cardinal Orsini, although he was in England for a brief period, 1554–1555, during the reign of Queen Mary I, while she was married to King Philip II of Spain.

[6] "Though Monte was not likely to have been a supporter of the Reformation, he took part in a variety of intellectual exchanges on sensitive topics, some of which involved Italian academics.

[7] He was successful at recruiting new musicians to the chapel, for Lassus himself noted the astonishing quality of music-making in Vienna just two years after Monte became leader there.

[6] Monte was a hugely prolific composer,[11] and wrote both sacred and secular music,[8] primarily printed in the German language.

[19] Philippe de Monte was renowned all over Europe; editions of his music were printed, reprinted, and widely circulated.

"[6] He had many students, including Gian Vincenzo Pinelli from Padua,[5] thereby passing on his compositional skills and experience to the generation who developed the early Baroque style.