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  Music theorist that is credited with the creation of the the music staff and the initial concept of solfege syllables.
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  The official break between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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  Famous Musician, has some of the finest poems and also has most of the current surviving 12 century music.
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  Master of Organ purum at the Cathedral of Notra Dame.
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  Poet and Minnesinger; considered the leading composer and poet among minnesinger.
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  Was fond of satirical criticism of contemporary nobility and clegy.
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  The Ars Nova in France. Known as the "inventor of the new art", was a French composer, poet, and theorist.
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  The Trecento in Italy. Italian Composer, harpist, and theorist. Wrote and treatise on music notation.
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  The leading English Composer. Created a new consonant style of 3rds and 6ths.
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  Franco-Flemish Renaissance Composer. One of the first major Renaissance composers. Still used older medieval cadences.
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  Franco-Flemish Composer who influences German music. Court composer to Holy roman Emperor Maximilian I in Vienna.
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  French Renaissance Composer. Considered by Martin Luther to be the "best composer of our time."
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  First Music printer and publisher.
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  German Theologian. This was the founder of the Lutherian church.
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  English Organist taught Byrd, he was Catholic during Henry VIII's trouble years.