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Period: 1390 to 1453
Dunstable
English leader of the newer, consonant style of music -
Period: 1397 to 1474
Dufay
A founder of the newer, consonant style of music -
Period: 1397 to 1474
Du Fay
Franco-Flemish, first important Renaissance composer -
Period: 1400 to 1460
Binchois
Founder of the newer, consonant style of music -
Period: 1410 to 1497
Ockeghem
Bass Singer -
1430
Melody
Flowing and Melismatic, Wider Leaps, Top voice was the bearer, vague quality in polyphony. Sometimes a sung melody accompanied by subservient instrumental melodies -
1430
Harmony
Progressions of 3rds and 6ths, Dissonances discouraged and always resolved. Still based on church modes. Modality tonal system -
1430
Three and Four-Part Polyphonic Works
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1430
Homorhythm
Common in both instrumental and vocal music -
1430
Counterpoint
Renaissance composers' primary technique -
1430
Cori Spezzati
One larger choir broken into two smaller ones -
1430
Haut or Bas
Loud or Soft Instruments -
Period: 1430 to 1540
Secular Tunes
Used as basis of sacred composition, Cantus Firmi -
Period: 1435 to 1511
Tinctoris
Theorist that announced a rebirth in the art of music -
Period: 1450 to 1521
des Prez
Considered by Martin Luther to be the "best of the composers of our time" -
Period: 1450 to 1517
Isaac
Franco-Flemish Composer -
Period: 1452 to 1518
de la Rue
Leading Composer at the Burgundian court -
Period: 1457 to 1505
Obrecht
Made important contributions to large-scale forms and their unity -
Period: 1466 to 1539
Petrucci
First Music Printer and Publisher -
1476
Imitative Counterpoint
Developed by Josquin -
Period: 1483 to 1546
Luther
German theologian and composer -
1500
Rhythm
Largely simple compared to ars nova -
1500
Five to Eight Voice Textures
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1500
Actual Dynamic Markings
Appeared in Lute Literature -
Period: 1505 to
Tallis
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Period: 1532 to
Gabrieli
Italian organist, composer, teacher, uncle of giovanni -
1540
Madrigals
New modern genre, Largely poetic forms -
Period: 1540 to
Byrd
English, Catholic composer writing for both catholic and protestant churches -
Period: 1567 to
Monteverdi
Ahead of his time, took music into a new style