ROSSI, SALOMONE

(19 August 1570, Mantua – c. 1640, Mantua)

Composer who first set ancient Jewish liturgical texts tooperaticidioms. His collectionHa-Shirim Asher Li’Shlomo(1622) contains 33 works composed in the manner of Italian madrigals for three to eight voices. Attacked by orthodox Jews, they nevertheless encouraged many imitators in Italy, France, and the Netherlands.