Renaissance

Guilaume Dufay 1397-1474

1397

7 masses, 28 mass sections, 90 motets, 15 antiphons, 27 hymns, 87 chansons, 22 motets(13 isorhythmic) Franco-Flemish; the first important renaissance composer; used older medieval cadences

Guilles Binchois 1400-1460

1400

28 mass sections, 29 motets, 6 magnificants, 51 rondeaux, 7 ballades Early renaissance composer, often paired with dufax in importance; served at the court of the Duke of Burgandy (Philip the Good); Franco-Flemish

Johannes Ockeghem 1410-1497

1410

12 mases, 5+ motets, 21 chansons, Requiem Bass singer; served 3 kings; very respected; did not use much imitation; born in Northeastern France; important teacher.

Renaissance era

Period: 1430 to 1600

. Common genres composed in this era are motets, hymns, madrigals and masses. Some musical stylistic traits are 3/4 part polyphonic music, counterpoint and homorythm. The printing press was invented in 1440 and that helped the popularization of music as people had more access to sheet music. The printing press was invented in 1440 and helped make music more accessible. A new form of music called a madrigal was invented which helped the renaissance era of music transition into the baroque era.

Joaquin des Prez 1450-1521

1450

18 masses, 60+ motets, 65 chansons (10 instrumentals) many distributed works Considered by Martin Luther to be the "best of the composers of our time" and "the master of the notes" he was said to have no peer in music; French.

Heinrich Isaac 1450-1517

1450

36 masses, german, french and italian songs; frottole; choralis constantinus( anthology of over 450 chant-based polyphonic motets) Franco-Flemish composer who influenced german music; court composer to holy roman emperor maximilian I in vienna; served in florence as well

Pierre de la Rue 1452-1518

1452

31 masses, 25 motets, 7 mass sections, Requiem, 30 chansons leading composer at the Burgundian court; never worked in italy; very famous in his day; frequent use of canon and ostinato; preferred low sonorities.

Jacob Obrecht 1457-1505

1457

26 masses, marian antiphons, 32 motets, 30 secular works made important contributions to large-scale forms and their unity; dutch; important composer of masses in europe

ottaviano petrucci 1466-1539

1466

first music printer and publisher; preserved renaissance music for us today

Martin Luther 1483-1546

1483

german hymns, writings german theologian and composer; he was the founder of the lutheran church

Adrian Willaert 1490-1562

1490

masses, psalms, 173 motets, madrigals, hymns, chansons 18 ricercares. advocate of textual expression

Thomas Tallis 1505-1585

1505

30 motets( 1 for 40 voices) 3 masses, psalms, anthems, lamentations english organist; taught byrd; he was catholic during henry VII's troubled years; wrote both for the latin and the reformed english liturgies

Jacques Arcadelt 1507-1568

1507

volumes of madrigals, chansons, masses dutch; worked in rome and paris; famous for his early madrigals and his 3 to 7-voice masses (often homorythmic style); well published in the 16th century

Cipriano de Rore 1515-1565

1515

at least 125 madrigals, 65 motets, 3 masses, 8 psalms, magnificats, 1 passion flemish; worked in ferrara and parma; associated with Willaert

Philippe de Monte 1521-1603

1521

at least 1038 secular madrigals, 38 masses, 319 motets, 144 sacred madrigals, 45 chansons at the viennese and prague courts; religious; franco-flemish; mixed polyphony and homophony; one of the most prolific composers of the Renaissance

Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina 1525-1594

1525

104 masses, 375 motets, madrigals(sacred and secular) became and icon of renaissance music for future generations; roman style; responded to the requests of the council of Trent to reform catholic church music; mostly contrapuntal liturgical music

Orlando di Lasso 1532-1594

1532

60 masses, 530 motets, 150 chansons, 175 italian madrigals, 90 german lieder, 100 magnificats also roland de lassus; widely traveled; employed G. Gabrieli in 1575; over 2000 compositions in all languages; one of the most versatile and prolic composers in the 16th century

Andrea Gabrieli 1532-1585

1532

masses, motets, psalms, vocal concerti, madrigals, keyboard and instrument works italian organist, composer, teacher; uncle of Giovanni; worked in venice; pupil of Willaert; versatile and innovative

Count Giovanni Bardi 1534-1612

1534

creator of intermedi, a treatise, 4 madrigals, dramatic works leader of the florentine camerata in the late 1570s-90s; italian critic, poet, composer, and playwright

Giaches de Wert 1535-1596

1535

15 volumes of madrigals, motets, hymns pupil of de rore; served the dukes of manuta and parma; stormy personal life; text declamation was important to him; he influenced Monteverdi; friend of the poet, Tasso; wrote madrigals for the concerto della donne

William Byrd 1540-1623

1540

3 masses, 175 motets, anthems, antiphons english; catholic composer writing both protestant and catholic music in england; greatest english composer of his time

Tomas Luis de Victoria 1548-1611

1548

20 masses, motets, magnificats, hymns, many liturgical pieces spanish; continued palestrina's roman style in spain; studied in rome; sacred-music composer; the greatest spanish composer of the renaissance

Luca Marenzio 1553-1599

1553

9 books of madrigals, 75 sacred motets the leading madrigal composer of the late 16th centure; worked in rome, ferrara, florence, and warsaw( serving the king of poland); influenced the english madrigal

Thomas ,Morley 1557-1602

1557

edited the "triump of oriana" (1601); liturgical works, keyboard works english; contributed to the development of the english madrigal; important for music publication and printing; probably a pupil of Byrd; wrote in 1597, A plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke

Carlo Gesualdo 1561-1613

1561

6 books of madrigals, 2 books of motets, 1 book of responsories, keyboard works known for his chromaticism; Neapolitan prince of venosa; murdered his wife and lover in 1590; leading composer of madrigals; extremely expressive intensity; stravinisky was fascinated with his music; friends with the poet Tasso

Claudio Monteverdi 1567-1643

1567

ahead of his time; took music into a new style (seconda pratica vs. the older, prima pratica)

Thomas Weelkes 1576-1623

1576

madrigals and anthems english organist; excessive drinking was a problem for him