Renaissance Timeline

  • Printing Press
    May 3, 1445

    Printing Press

    Most significant invention. Music and books were now available in large numbers especially for the Mass
  • Renaissance Begins
    Jan 1, 1450

    Renaissance Begins

    Literally means "rebirth"
  • Composers
    May 3, 1450

    Composers

    Most composers are Fraco-Flemish or from the Netherlands
  • European Music
    May 3, 1455

    European Music

    Europeans were intrigued by the supposed power of ancient music
  • Renaissance Music
    May 3, 1460

    Renaissance Music

    used four voices (a capella) and instruments from the same family
  • Ottaviano Petrucci
    May 3, 1473

    Ottaviano Petrucci

    First to publish music on the printing press
  • Johannes Ockeghem
    May 3, 1485

    Johannes Ockeghem

    First great Renaissance composer
  • Colombus
    May 3, 1492

    Colombus

    Christppher Columbus sails the ocean to find America
  • Josquin des Prez
    May 3, 1500

    Josquin des Prez

    Greatest composer of the 1500s
  • Italian Madrigal
    May 3, 1500

    Italian Madrigal

    Most important genre of music at that time
  • Catholic Church
    May 3, 1500

    Catholic Church

    The Catholic Church becomes corrupt; indulgences
  • Mass
    May 3, 1500

    Mass

    Mass become obscured; in Latin, hard to understsnd the performers, and polyphony too complicated
  • Martin Luther
    May 3, 1520

    Martin Luther

    was a singer, composer, and educator in the power of music. wanted the congregation to be a part of music in the Mass
  • Magellan
    May 3, 1521

    Magellan

    Magellan sails around the globe
  • Luther's Duedsche Messe
    May 3, 1526

    Luther's Duedsche Messe

    Composed by Luther; first Mass in the vernacular language; allows congregation to sing, outlines the Roman Mass