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  • Nymphes des Bois
    1490 BCE

    Nymphes des Bois

    A lament written by Josquin des prez on the death of his predecessor.
  • Adrian Willaert
    1490 BCE

    Adrian Willaert

    He studied music in Paris, and he was one of the most versatile composers of the Renaissance. He also was the inventor of the antiphonal style from which the polychoral style of the Venetian school evolved.
  • Benedictus Appenzeller
    1485 BCE

    Benedictus Appenzeller

    His music shows a range of stylistic influences because of his travelling and interaction with many other musicians.In his secular music he strove for text comprehension, and also used more repetition.
  • Jean Japart
    1474 BCE

    Jean Japart

    He was a singer in the famous Sforza chapel choir in Milan when the institution had one of the most famous group of singers and composers in Europe.
  • Marbrianus de Orto
    1460 BCE

    Marbrianus de Orto

    Netherlandish composer and first composer to write a canonic setting of the ordinary of the mass.
  • Jacob Obrecht
    1457 BCE

    Jacob Obrecht

    A famous Dutch composer at the last part of the century who wrote masses, secular works and motets.
  • Jacobus Barbireau
    1455 BCE

    Jacobus Barbireau

    He showed a degree of contrapuntal polish and melodic-harmonic resourcefulness in his music.
  • Pierre de la Rue
    1452 BCE

    Pierre de la Rue

    He was the first composer to use the parody technique in his masses. He also wrote one of the earliest surviving polyphonic Requiem Masses.
  • Campus Firmus
    1450 BCE

    Campus Firmus

    A type of music , similar to Gregorian chant, commonly used in the medieval ages.
  • Printing Press
    1445 BCE

    Printing Press

    It was invented in the Holy Roman Empire by the German Johannes gutenburg. This invention was a milestone in how people spread.
  • Bianca de'medici
    1445 BCE

    Bianca de'medici

    He was part of the Medici family and was a musician who played for Pope Pius II.
  • Gaspar van Weerbeke
    1445 BCE

    Gaspar van Weerbeke

    He combined some of the styles of the Italians with the older techniques of the Burgundians. Much of his motet writing is homophonic, and it incorporates some of the lightness of the contemporary Italian secular music.
  • Gilles Binchois
    1440 BCE

    Gilles Binchois

    Netherlandish, one of the earliest members of the Burgundian school and one of the top three most famous composers of 15th century.
  • Johannes Regis
    1425 BCE

    Johannes Regis

    Netherlandishcomposer of the Renaissance, and the principal composer to the Chigi Codex. He was also the seceratary to Guillaume Dufay.
  • Period: 1425 BCE to 1450 BCE

    Dufay's Dominent Era

    Guillaume Dufay's period he was no ones match and he dominated the world of composers.
  • Old Hall Manuscript
    1421 BCE

    Old Hall Manuscript

    One of the only undamaged pieces of English music from the early renaissance period, composed by Leonel power.
  • Burgundian School Established
    1415 BCE

    Burgundian School Established

    A group of famous composers active in the 15th century centred around the dukes of burgundy.
  • Johannes Ockenghem
    1410 BCE

    Johannes Ockenghem

    First chaplain for at least 3 kings and his musical output is known for accomplished compositional technique.
  • 1400 BCE

    Rondeaux Created

    A type of renaissance French poetry frequently used in secular songs.
  • John Dunstaple
    1390 BCE

    John Dunstaple

    Major figure in the renaissance music in the early 15th century.
  • Leonel Power
    1380 BCE

    Leonel Power

    Composed with john dunstaple in the late medieval period. Wrote some famous pieces.
  • Oswald Von Wolkenstein
    1376 BCE

    Oswald Von Wolkenstein

    One of the most important figures of the early German renaissance.
  • Martin le Franc
    Feb 2, 1410

    Martin le Franc

    French composer ,wrote le champion des dames and his style influenced Dufayy and binchosis.
  • Gilles Joye
    Feb 3, 1424

    Gilles Joye

    He was a prominent member of the Burgundian school, and was a singer at the Cathedral of St. Donatian in Bruges.
  • Josquin des Prez
    Feb 2, 1450

    Josquin des Prez

    French composer considered to be the master of the bush renaissance style of polyphonic vocal.