Cyprien (Cipriano) de Rore (1516-65) was a famous Flemish composer who was the first to develop a musical score for voices. His book of madrigals was the first printed version.
A score is a musical notation for a multipart composition, in which the music to be performed by each voice or instrument is written on a separate staff, all the staves being aligned one above another. A full score shows the music for all the instruments. The individual musicians are given separate “parts,” which show only the music for their particular instrument.
Until about 1225, all European music for more than one part was apparently circulated in complete scores, and performers read from these scores. The use of such scores was abandoned in the 13th century for reasons of space. Full scores came to be employed once more during the late 16th century with the rise of the orchestra and the development of orchestration.