{"product_id":"9781948312516","title":"El Carnicero de la Taquilla: Smash Hit","description":"\u003cp\u003ePurchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Amerigo Vespucci, Alfonso Xii of Spain, Miguel Hernández, Jules Léotard, Louis I of Spain, Lope de Vega, Marcelo H. Del Pilar, Maria Amalia of Saxony, Edward Augustus Freeman, Mercedes of Orléans, Alexander Agricola, Pierre Méchain, Ramon Power Y Giralt, Graciano López Jaena, Teresa de La Parra, Màrius Torres, Rafael Bolívar Coronado. Excerpt: Alexander Agricola (1445 or 1446 15 August 1506) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance . A prominent member of the Grande chapelle , the Habsburg musical establishment, he was a renowned composer in the years around 1500, and his music was widely distributed throughout Europe. He composed music in all of the important sacred and secular styles of the time. Life As is common with composers of the period, very little is known of his early life, not even his place of birth. He may have been born in present-day Germany , since he is referred to in some Italian documents as d'Allemagno or d'Allemagna . Most of his life he spent in posts in Italy, France and the Low Countries , though there are gaps where his activities are not known, and he seems to have left many of his posts without permission. He was a singer for Duke Sforza of Milan from 1471 to 1474, during the period when the Milanese chapel choir grew into one of the largest and most famous ensembles in Europe; Loyset Compère , Johannes Martini , Gaspar van Weerbeke , and several other composer-singers were also in Milan during those years. In 1474 Duke Sforza wrote a letter of recommendation for him to Lorenzo de' Medici , and Agricola accordingly went to Florence . In 1476 he is known to have been in Cambrai , in the Low Countries, where he probably was employed as a singer. For the long period from 1476 to 1491 nothing definite is known excep...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarkltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039915622640,"sku":"9781948312516","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781948312516_p0.jpg?v=1763801129","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781948312516","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}