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Period: 470 to
Renaissance
Evolution of music from the Medieval Era -
Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
A German Benedictine abbess and polymath as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and a medical practitioner during the high middle ages. -
1100
The Lute
A lute is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. (This instrument has not been invented on this date, but it became most notably used in this time period.) -
1110
Hurdy-Gurdy
The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. (This instrument has not been invented on this date, but it became most notably used in this time period.) -
1120
The Mandolin
A mandolin is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a plectrum. (This instrument has not been invented on this date, but it became most notably used in this time period.) -
1130
The Guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. (This instrument has not been invented on this date, but it became most notably used in this time period.) -
Period: 1135 to 1201
Léonin
The first known significant composer of polyphonic organum. -
1140
Harpsicord
The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard (This instrument has not been invented on this date, but it became most notably used in this time period.) -
1150
The Viol
The viol, viola da gamba, or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes. (This instrument has not been invented on this date, but it became most notably used in this time period.) -
1160
The Recorder/flute
The recorder is a family of woodwind musical instruments in the group known as internal duct flutes (This instrument has not been invented on this date, but it became most notably used in this time period.) -
Period: 1160 to 1230
Pérotin
A composer from France associated with the Notre Dame school of polyphony in Paris and the broader ars antiqua musical style of high medieval music. -
Period: 1291 to 1361
Philippe de Vitry (1921-1361)
A French composer, music theorist and poet. He was an accomplished, innovative, and influential composer, and may also have been the author of the Ars Nova treatise. -
Period: 1300 to 1377
Guillaume de Machaut
A French Composer and poet who was the central figure of the ars nova style in late medieval music. -
Period: 1450 to 1521
Josquin des Perez (~1450-1521)
Originally a French composer from the Franco-Flemish School. He is known for being one of the first few to master the use of polyphony in renaissance music. -
1520
Composition of Millie Regretz
Composed by Josquin des Perez
Year Composed: 1520 -
1520
Composition of Miserere mei Dues
Composed by Josquin des Perez
Year composed: 1520 -
Period: 1540 to
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (~1540-1594)
An italian Renassiance composer as a well known represintative of the Roman School of Musical Composition. -
Period: 1543 to
William Byrd (1543-1623)
An English composer greatly refered to as not only as Brittian's best Renassiance composer at the time, but the best composer overall. -
1562
Composition of Misa Papae Marcelli
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Year composed: 1562 -
Period: 1566 to
Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)
Comes from Venosa, as a prince and well known composer. He is best known for including chromatic influences in his music not yet heard of, but seen again in 19th century music. -
Period: 1567 to
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
An Italian composer that is well known for his contribution to the pioneering of the opera. Not only was he a composer, but also a string player, choir maser, but also a priest. -
Composition of Ye Sacred Muses
Composed by William Byrd
Year composed:1585 -
Composition of Mass for Four Voices
Composed by William Byrd
Year composed:1590 -
Composition of Sicut Cervus
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Year composed: 1608 -
Composition of Vespro della Beata Vergine
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Year composed: 1610 -
Composition of Tenebrae Responsoria
Composed by Carlo Gesualdo
Year composed: 1611 -
Composition of L'incoronazione di Poppea
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
Year composed: 1643