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Period: 995 BCE to 1050
Burgundy
Wipo of Burgundy was a famous Priest, poet, and composer of the Medieval era -
Period: 991 BCE to 1033
Arezzo
Guido of Arezzo was a music theorist who was known for creating a system of precise pitch notation through lines and spaces on a staff. -
525 BCE
Invention of the Anno Domini calendar
The Anno Domini calendar is a calendar that is based on the traditionally reckoned year of the conception or birth of Jesus, with AD counting years from the start of this epoch and BC denoting years before the start of the era. -
Period: 480 BCE to 524 BCE
Boethius
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius was a Roman writer and statesman who was known for his "De institutione musica (The Fundamentals of music, early 500s)." -
206 BCE
Invention of the Compass
The compass is a magnetometer used for navigation and orientation that shows direction relative to the geographic cardinal directions. -
850
Invention of Gunpowder
Gunpowder is a black chemical explosive that consists pf sulfur, carbon and potassium nitrate. It was invented by Choe Museon. -
Period: 1098 to 1179
Bingen
Hildegard von Bingen was a Medieval composer who was known for writing 77 melodies, morality play, books,poetry, and paintings. -
Period: 1346 to 1353
The Black Death
The Black death was a bubonic plague that killed a large percentage of the population. It occurred in Eurasia and North Africa. -
Period: 1386 to Dec 13, 1466
Donatello
Dona di Niccolo di Betto Bardi was a famous Italian sculptor of the Renaissance Era. -
Period: 1390 to Dec 24, 1453
Dunstable
John Dunstable was an english composer who was influenced by the musical style in Europe. -
Period: Aug 13, 1397 to Nov 27, 1474
Dufay
Guillaume Dufay was the first Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance era. He is known for his church music and secular chansons. -
Period: 1420 to Feb 6, 1497
Ockeghem
Johannes Ockeghem was a famous composer of the Renaissance Era. He attended the Franco-Flemish school and was considered the most influential composer between Guillaume Dufay and Josquin des Prez. -
1430
Musical Genres
There were two types of musical genres of the Renaissance era, Sacred (motets, masses, and hymns) and Secular (frottola, madrigals, chansons, and poetic pieces). -
1430
Renaissance Style
The Renaissance style included the rise of the madrigal and dances and Counter-reformation (Catholic church). -
1430
Popular Dances
Popular dances of the Renaissance era were Pavane, Saltarello, Allemande, Galliard, and Ronde. -
1430
Musical Elements
Musical elements of the Renaissance era include new melodies, simple rhythms, harmonies( modality and church modes), Homorhythm, and Strophic and Binary forms. -
Period: 1435 to 1511
Tinctoris
Johannes Tinctoris was a composer and music theorist who was known for writing contemporary music and inventing the first dictionary of musical terms (Diffinitorum). -
Period: 1450 to Aug 27, 1521
Prez
Josquin des Prez was a French composer of the Renaissance Era. He was considered the central figure of the Franco-Flemish school. -
Period: 1450 to Mar 26, 1517
Issac
Heinrich Issac was a Netherlandish composer who was known for writng motets, masses, songs, and instrumental music. -
Period: Apr 15, 1452 to Mar 2, 1519
Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was a famous Italian artist and engineer of the Renaissance Era who was most known for his painting of the Mona Lisa. -
Period: 1490 to Dec 7, 1562
Willaert
Adrian Willaert was a Netherlandish composer and founder of the Venetian school. -
Period: Jan 30, 1505 to
Tallis
Thomas Tallis was an English composer who was known for writing settings of the preces and responses, the litany, and a complete service "in the Dorian mode." -
Period: 1507 to Oct 14, 1568
Arcadelt
Jacques Arcadelt was a Franco-Flemish composer known for composing secular vocal music. -
Period: 1516 to 1565
Rore
Cipriano de Rore was a Franco-Flemish composer who was mostly known for writing madrigals, as well as, motets, masses and chansons. -
Period: 1521 to
Monte
Phillip de Monte was a Flemish composer who is known for his sacred music and madrigals. -
Period: Feb 3, 1525 to
Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian composer who was known for writng more than 105 masses and 250 motets, a master of contrapuntal composition. -
Period: 1532 to
Lasso
Orlando di Lasso was a Flemish composer who was known for writing 530 motets, 175 Italian madrigals and villanellas, 150 French chansons, and 90 German lieder. -
Period: 1543 to
Byrd
William Byrd was an English composer who was known for writing a wealth of music for the virginals, Fantasias, Pavans and Galliards, the fashionable paired dances of the time, and several song variations. -
Period: 1548 to
Victoria
Tomas Luis de Victoria was a famous Spanish composer of the Reanissance Era. -
Period: 1557 to
Gabrieli
Giovanni Gabrieli was an Italian composer and organist who was known for his sacred music, including massive choral and instrumental motets for the liturgy. -
Period: 1557 to
Morley
Thomas Morley was an English composer, theorist, singer, and organist who was known for his madrigals. -
Period: Apr 26, 1564 to
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was a famous English playwright, poet, and actor of the Renaissance Era. Some of most famous works include Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet. -
Period: May 15, 1567 to
Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest who was known for composing secular music and sacred music. Also, he is most known for developing opera. -
Period: 1570 to
Farmer
John Farmer was an English composer of the English Madrigal school who was known for his madrigals. -
Period: 1575 to
Weelkes
Thomas Weelkes was an English composer and organist who was known for writing madrigals, anthems and services. -
Period: to
Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frezcobaldi was an Italian composer and organist who was known for his keyboard works.
