Italian Music from 1400-1600

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Rome

    Rome became the most idely used and influential center of the world for the arts and culutres during this time period.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    The Roman School

    The Roman School was a movemet in music where composers had a direct connection with the church and the pope. The style of music was of the polyphonic style of the Franco-Flemish school redifined by the Counter-Reformation.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    The Venetian School

    The ventian school employed a grandiose style and this music was used in many cathedrals such as St. Mark's. They wrote polychoral music and were the first to do so.
  • Period: Apr 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Da Vinci is regarded as one of the most intelligent and forward thinking people during the renissance era. He developed many blueprints for advanced technology, as well as paointing many famous art pieces such as the Mona Lisa.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1470 to Jan 1, 1530

    The Frottola

    This was the most poular form of music from 1470 to 1530. It is widely considered one of the building blocks of modern day Italian Music.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1525 to Jan 1, 1550

    Madrigal Music

    Madrigal music from this timespa was often sung by amatures, but after 1550 music was composed for more proffesional musicians.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1525 to

    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Giovanni was the most well known Roman composer during this golden age of Roman renisance music. He was the first person to compose in polyphony style.
  • Jan 1, 1527

    The sacking of Rome

    Rome was sacked and destroyed and because of this lots of city states such as Venice became more powerful and wealthy.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1567 to

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Claudio Monteverdi was a composer that mastered the style of di cappella. He helped create the first opera, Orfeo.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1580 to

    concerto delle donne

    This as a female proffesional singing ensemble. This ensemble took great leaps and bounds to having equality with women and men on the performance scale. It revolutionized womens roles in music.