Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Anerio, Felice

by John Weeks Moore

Anerio, Felice, is said by Walther to have been a pupil of Maria Nanino, and by Adami to have succeeded Palestrina as maestro di capella of the pontifical chapel. These two circumstances alone imply no common degree of merit ; and, according to Adami, many admirable compositions by this author were preserved in the pope's chapel, and in daily use. He seems to have been regarded as a great master of his profession. His madrigals for six voices were printed at Antwerp, 1599, and canzonets for four voices, at Frankfort, in 1610 ; which, for a time, enjoyed a considerable share of public favor.