The Renaissance

By melsmith51201
  • Period: 1397 to 1474

    Du Fay

    Guillaume Du Fay was a Flanco-Flemish composer and the first important Renaissance composer. Wrote 7 masses, 28 mass sections, 90 motets, and much more.
  • Period: 1410 to 1497

    Ockeghem

    Johannes Ockeghem was a bass singer, served three kinds, and was a very respected teacher. Wrote 13 masses and 5+ motets
  • 1430

    Mass

    Renaissance Masses were typically written for three to six voices. Masses were multi-movement polyphonic works for voices alone (a cappela)
  • Period: 1430 to

    The Renaissance

    Many melodies were played/sung at one time (polyphony) making words and melodies sometimes not stand out. The goal of the music was to create an effect on the listener
  • Period: 1430 to

    Sacred genre

    Was typically Masses, Motets. Separate pieces by liturgical titles.
  • Period: 1430 to

    Secular music

    Frottola, madrigal, chansons, and other types of poetic pieces set to music
  • Period: 1444 to 1510

    Botticello

    Sandro Botticello was an Italian painter who painted The Birth of Venus.
  • Period: 1450 to 1521

    des Prez

    Josquin de Prez was considered to be the "best composer of our time" by Martin Luther. Was said to have had no peer in music; wrote 18 masses, 50+ motets, etc.
  • Period: 1450 to 1517

    Isaac

    Heinrich Isaac was a Flanco-Flemish composer who influenced German music. Was the court composer for Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in Vienna.
  • Period: 1452 to 1519

    da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter and one of the most famous painters of the Renaissance.
  • Period: 1466 to 1539

    Petrucci

    Ottaviano Petrucci was the first music printer and publisher, which preserved Renaissance music for today.
  • Period: 1483 to 1546

    Luther

    Martin Luther was a German theologian and composer, and the founder of the Lutheran church.
  • Period: 1483 to 1520

    Raphael

    Raphael was a well known Italian painter and architect.
  • Period: 1490 to 1530

    Frottola

    Was extraordinarily popular in Italy from 1490's to the 1530's. They were works for four voices, usually light in character, and were often homorhythmic.
  • Period: 1525 to

    Palestrina

    Palestrina was an icon of Renaissance music for future generations. He had a Roman style and wrote 104 masses, 375 motets, madrigals (secular and sacred).
  • 1530

    Italian Madrigal

    The Italian Madrigal used aristocratic poetry and soon spread to England. Though instruments participated they were rarely notate, at first were were homorhythmic and contained 4 solo voices by 1550 it became 5 solo voices and by 1600 there were no restrictions.
  • Period: 1540 to

    Byrd

    Catholic composer who wrote both Catholic and Protestant music in England. Greatest English composer of his time. 3 masses, 175 motets, anthems, and antiphones.
  • Period: 1548 to

    de Victoria

    Tomas Luis de Victoria continued Palestrina's Roman style in Spain and was the greatest Spanish composer in the Renaissance period.
  • Period: 1564 to

    Galileo

    Galileo was a famous scientist during the Renaissance period.
  • Period: 1564 to

    Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare was one of the most famous English playwrights, and his work is still highly performed and read today.
  • 1581

    Ballet

    This genre of dance started developing in the late Renaissance. One of the first ballets was the "Ballet comique de la Reine" in 1581.