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Period: 1397 to 1474
Guillaume Dufay
The first important renaissance composer, used medieval cadences -
Period: 1410 to 1497
Johannes Ockeghem
Bass singer -
Period: 1430 to
Renaissance
Dominated by parallel thirds and sixths, secular music became equal to church music, a cappella polyphony, word-painting, -
Period: 1430 to
Melody
Flowing and melismatic -
Period: 1430 to
Rhythm
A lot of triple and double groupings -
Period: 1430 to
Harmony
Progressions centered around 3rds and 6ths as well as church modes -
Period: 1430 to
Texture
Four-part polyphonic works, homorhythm and counterpoint -
Period: 1430 to
Instruments
Shawms, cornets, slide trumpets, sackbuts, harps, l vielles, lutes, psalteries, portrative -
Jan 1, 1445
Invention of the Printing Press
Invented by Johannes Gutenberg -
Period: 1450 to 1517
Heinrich Isaac
Italian who influenced German music -
Period: 1450 to 1521
Josquin des Prez
Considered, by Martin Luther, the best composer of our time -
Period: 1452 to 1518
Pierre de la Rue
Leading composer at Burgundian court -
Period: 1457 to 1505
Jacob Obrecht
Made contributions to large scale forms and their unity -
1477
Johannes Tinctoris Liver de arte contrapuncti
Anounces the rebirth in art of music -
Period: 1483 to 1546
Martin Luther
German theologian Founder of the Lutheran church -
Period: 1490 to 1562
Adrian Willaert
Teacher who used complex, continuous polyphony -
Period: 1505 to
Thomas Tallis
Taught Byrd, wrote both for the Latin and reformed English Liturgies -
Period: 1507 to 1568
Jacques Areadelt
Famous for early madrigals -
Period: 1515 to 1565
Cipriano de Rore
associated with Willaert -
Period: 1521 to
Philipp de Monte
Prolific composer of renaissance that mixed polyphony and homophony -
Period: 1525 to
Giovanni P. da Palestrina
Icon of Renaissance era and made contrapuntal liturgical music -
Period: 1532 to
Orlando di Lasso
Over 2000 compositions in all languages -
Period: 1532 to
Andrea Gabrieli
Pupil of Willaert, uncle to Giovanni -
Period: 1534 to
Count Giovanni Bardi
Leader of the Florentine Camerata -
Period: 1535 to
Giaches de Wert
Pupil of de Rope; wrote madrigals for the Concerto della Donne -
Period: 1540 to
William Byrd
Catholic composer writing both Protestant and Catholic music in England -
Period: 1548 to
Tomas Luis de Victoria
sacred spanish music composer -
Period: 1553 to
Luca Marenzio
Leading Madrigal composer of late 16th century -
Period: 1557 to
Thomas Morley
Contributed to the development of the English madrigal -
Period: 1561 to
Carlo Gesualdo
Known for his chromaticism, Neapolitan prince of venous, murdered wife -
Period: 1567 to
Claudio Monteverdi
Took music in a different style -
Period: 1576 to
Thomas Weelkes
English organist