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The Epitaph of Seikilos is a fragment of a Greek epigraphic inscription found on a marble column placed over the tomb that Seikilos had built for his wife Euterpe, near Ephesus, in present-day Turkey -
It is a type of plain chant, simple, monodic and with music subject to the text used in the liturgy of the Catholic Church. -
Guido of Arezzo was a Benedictine monk and a key musical theorist in the Middle Ages. He developed a notation system and the sight-singing method using the syllables ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la. His treatise Micrologus is the first comprehensive analysis of polyphonic music and plainchant. -
She is also considered the mother of natural history. Hildegard of Bingen was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath, notable as a composer, writer, philosopher, physician, and prophetess. Known as the 'Sibyl of the Rhine,' she is one of the most important composers of sacred monophony and the most recorded in the modern era. -
Bernart de Ventadorn was a prominent troubadour, composer, and Provençal poet, born in Limousin around 1125-1145. He is known for his style of poetry and music called trobar leu, which is characterized by its smoothness and elegance. He was one of the most popular troubadours of his time, influencing the medieval tradition of Provençal lyric poetry. -
Leonin was the best organum composer, and he made the great book of polyphony to ornament the divine service. -
Perotín, called in French Pérotin le Grand or in Latin Magister Perotinus Magnus, was a medieval French composer, who was born in Paris between 1155 and 1160 and died around 1230. -
Alfonso X of Castile, known as "the Wise," was King of Castile and León (1252-1284). The eldest son of Ferdinand III, he gained prominence early on by conquering the Kingdom of Murcia and securing peace with James I of Aragon through his marriage to Violante, daughter of the Aragonese king. -
Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377) was a 14th-century French composer, poet, and clergyman, considered the greatest exponent of the Ars nova musical movement. He composed the first known polyphonic mass written by a single composer, the Messe de Nostre Dame, and contributed significantly to the development of the motet and secular song. His work influenced many later composers in both their religious and secular works. -
Ars antiqua is a term that musicology uses to refer to polyphonic music from a period that is not entirely specific but, in any case, prior to the 14th century, which was developed especially brilliantly in France and whose main manifestation was the polytextual motet. -
Ars nova may refer to a 14th-century musical movement characterized by innovations in notation and polyphony. -
Francesco Landini was a 14th-century Italian composer, organist, singer, poet, and instrument maker, considered one of the most important figures of the Italian ars nova and the period known as the Trecento. He became blind in childhood due to smallpox, which led him to dedicate himself to music from a very young age. His best-known works are secular pieces, especially ballat, although he also composed madrigals and was an organist in the churches of Florence. -
Gutenberg invented the printing press in the 15th century, which made it possible to make books faster and allow more people to read. Before, books were copied by hand and almost no one had access. His invention helped end the Middle Ages, as did other events such as Columbus's voyage or the fall of Constantinople. -
He was a Spanish poet, musician, and playwright. The son of a craftsman, he began singing in the choir of Salamanca Cathedral and later worked for the brother of the Duke of Alba, who paid for his law studies at the University of Salamanca, where he likely studied with Antonio de Nebrija. -
Martin Luther was a German monk and theologian who lived in the 16th century. His ideas gave rise to Lutheranism, a new form of Christianit. Luther harshly criticized the Catholic Church, especially for selling indulgences (forgiveness of sins in exchange for money). For this reason, he was excommunicated from the Church in 1521, but his actions made him the leader of the Protestant Reformation -
Cristóbal de Morales (born in Seville in 1500 and died in 1553) was a very important Spanish priest and musician of the Renaissance. He was a choirmaster and one of the three great composers of polyphonic music (music with several voices singing simultaneously) in Spain, along with Tomás Luis de Victoria and Francisco Guerrero. -
Antonio de Cabezón was a famous Spanish musician of the Renaissance. Although he became blind as a child, he was a great composer and played for Empress Elizabeth and Emperor Charles I. He traveled through Europe with the future King Philip II, and his music influenced other countries. He wrote primarily for organ, and his son published his works after his death. Today he is remembered with streets, plaques and his preserved birthplace. -
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian Renaissance composer, born in 1525, famous for his religious music. He used a style called polyphony, where several voices sing different melodies simultaneously but clearly. His music helped the Church accept this technique, especially in his work Missa Papae Marcelli. Palestrina is considered one of the great masters of Renaissance music, and his influence on religious music remains significant today. -
Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1533 – August 30, 1585) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. Uncle of perhaps the more famous composer Giovanni Gabrieli, he was the first internationally renowned member of the Venetian School of composers. He was highly influential in spreading the Venetian style in both Italy and Germany. -
Orlando di Lasso, also known as Orlandus Lassus, Roland de Lassus, Roland Delattre, or Orlande de Lassus (Mons, 1532 – Munich, June 14, 1594), was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. Along with Palestrina and Victoria, he is considered one of the most influential composers of the 16th century. -
Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544–1590) was an Italian composer, singer, and lutenist of the late Renaissance. She is known for being the first female composer in the history of Western music to have a complete book of her music printed and published. -
Tomás Luis de Victoria (Ávila, c. 1548 – Madrid, August 27, 1611) was a Catholic priest, choirmaster, and celebrated polyphonic composer of the Spanish Renaissance. He has been considered one of the most important and advanced composers of his time, with an innovative style that foreshadowed the imminent Baroque period. His influence extended into the 20th century, when he was taken as a model by the composers of the Cecilian school. -
This Venetian composer spent almost his entire life in Venice, except for four years (1575-1579) at the court of Munich. He was a pupil of his uncle Andrea Gabrieli and, after the latter's death in 1586, became the first organist of St. Mark's Basilica, a position he held until his death. -
Carlo Gesualdo (born in Naples around 1560 and died there in 1613) was an Italian composer and lutenist. His life is not well documented and has given rise to many legends, so much so that it has even inspired operas by modern composers such as Franz Hummel and Alfred Schnittke. In 1590, he killed his wife and her lover upon finding them together, which contributed to his reputation as a dark and mysterious figure. -
Claudio Monteverdi was an influential Italian composer, violagamba player and singer, considered a key figure in the transition from the Renaissance to the musical Baroque. -
Giacomo Carissimi was an influential Italian Baroque composer, known as a leading representative of the Roman School. -
Barbara Strozzi was an influential Italian Baroque singer and composer, recognized for her extensive vocal work. -
Antonio Stradivarius was an Italian luthier of the 17th and 18th centuries, recognized as the most famous maker of string instruments in history, especially famous for his violins, violas and cellos. -
Henry Purcell was an influential English baroque composer considered one of his country's greatest composers. He created his own English baroque style by fusing French and Italian stylistic currents. -
Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian baroque composer and violinist, known for being one of the greatest of his time and for his most famous work, The Four Seasons. -
Georg Philipp Telemann was a German baroque composer considered one of the most prolific in musical history. -
Georg Friedrich Händel was a German composer who became an English citizen, considered one of the leading figures of baroque music -
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organist of the Baroque period, considered one of the most influential musicians in history. -
Nerea, una chica mu guapa, vino al mundo.