Andreas de Silva (fl. 1520) was a composer, probably of Portuguese origin, who is known mainly from inclusion of five motets in the Medici Codex. [1] Now attributed to de Silva is a madrigal Che sentisti Madonna, misattributed to Verdelot in 1537. Aspects of his compositional style suggest musical training in Spain, France, and northern Italy. He was one of the musicians employed by Pope Leo X in Rome, and wrote the motet Gaude felix Florentia for the Pope's coronation. In 1519 and 1520 his name was recorded as the cantor et compositor or the papl chapel and as the cantor secretus of the Pope's private chapel. The last record of him is a payment by the Duke of Mantua in 1522, though other sources suggest he was living in Italy by the end of the decade. [2]
While not much about De Silva is known, it is clear that he had quite an influence on music practices. In 1567 Cosimo Bartoli, in his Ragionamenti accademici, described him as a worthy successor to Josquin and as a composer "who taught the world how music should be written." Five of his motets were parodied by Arcadelt, Francesco Cellavenia, Lupus Italius, and Palestrina. [2] [3]
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