Renaissance

By Morgan Blacksmith
  • Period: 1450 to

    Renaissance Period

    The revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.
  • Period: 1450 to 1454

    Gutenberg Printing Press

    from movable type
  • 1515

    Josquin’s Missa Pangue Lingua

    One of Josquin's last composed masses, representing another new type of work: the paraphrase mass.
  • 1529

    Martin Luther’s Ein feste burg

    "A Mighty Fortess is our God", became the anthem of the Reformation.
  • 1538

    Arcadelt Il bianco e dolce cigno

    "The White and Sweet Swan", one of the most famous of the earliest madrigals.
  • 1560

    Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass

    "Missa Papae Marcelli", published in Palestrina's Second Book of Masses in 1567.
  • Period: 1580 to

    Concerto delle Donne

    • Ferrara, Italy
    • Basically, K Pop bands
    • Had to perform several hours a day, and were replaced when they got older
    • All women ensembles

  • Sonata pian’e forte

    • Giovanni Gabrieli
    • Venice, Italy
    • first to use dynamics
    • abstract instrument music
    • used cornetto and sackbut as instruments