Although Franco-Flemish composer Cipriano de Rore (ca. 1515-1565) lived in the middle Renaissance, Giulio Monteverdi credited him with the introducing the "second practice," or Baroque style. Born in Flanders, Rore traveled to Italy in 1542 to establish himself as a composer and may have trained with Adrian Willaert in Venice. In 1546, Rore became kapellmeister to the court of Duke Ercole II d'Este of Ferrara, and shortly thereafter published five highly influential books of madrigals. When the duke died in 1559, Rore lost his post; he would serve in Parma and in Venice itself before his own death at about age 50.