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Although Zarlino composed many motets and secular works, he is perhaps more well-known as the leading music theorist of the 16th century, having brought together and updated a rich body of literature about music in view of compositional practices of his own time.

His principle work Istitutioni harmoniche is based on the compositional technique of his teacher Adrian Willaert. Having recently recorded the motets by Willaert to great acclaim, Singer Pur now turn their attention to Zarlino and his skilled use of harmony-based keys, counter-point and fugue.