Renaissance

By Clarity
  • Period: 1400 to

    Renaissance

    15th and 16th centuries Main religious vocal music forms:
    -Motet
    -Mass
    -Chorale Main secular vocal music forms:
    -Romance
    -Villancico
    -Ensalada Main instrumental forms:
    -Tiento
    -Tocatta
    -Diferencias Main combinations of dances:
    -Pavane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B10z9b_PRXw
    -Galliard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM-eJ42lmGE
    -Branle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZdQwceu1HY
    -Sarabande: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjLTTgv5FUQ
  • 1440

    Invention of the printing press

  • 1453

    Start of Modern period: Fall of the Byzantine Empire

  • 1483

    Birth of Martin Luther

  • 1492

    Discovery of America

  • 1501

    Ottaviano Petrucci prints the first music book

  • 1548

    Birth of Tomás Luis de Victoria

  • 1563

    Birth of John Dowland

  • 1567

    Birth of Claudio Monteverdi

  • 1576

    Birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • French Revolution and end of Modern period