The Renaissance (1430-1600)

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  • Period: 991 BCE to 1033

    Guido d'Arezzo

    An Italian music theorist. He is regarded as the inventor of modern musical notation that replaced neumatic notation.
  • Period: 476 to 1435

    Medieval Era

    The fall of Rome in 476 A.D. was the beginning of the Medieval Era.
  • 900

    Organum

    Plainchant "melody" with an added melody. What resulted was a musically sung piece of parallel 4ths and 5ths. Had multiple forms and 3rds were the devil.
  • Period: 1098 to 1179

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Founder and abbess of the covenant at Rupertsberg, Germany. Famous for her prophetic powers and revelations, and wrote liturgical dramas and religious poetry.
  • Period: 1150 to 1201

    Leonin

    Medieval composer. Perotin was thought to be his student. Both identified with the School of Notre Dame.
  • 1200

    Perotin

    Medieval composer, was thought to be Leonin's student. Had ties to The School of Notre Dame. fl. c 1200
  • Period: 1291 to 1361

    Pilippe de Vitry

    First composer of the Ars Nova
  • Period: 1300 to 1350

    Ars Nova

    Translates to "new art". New rhythmic polyphony in the motels.
  • Period: 1300 to 1377

    Guillaume de Machaut

    Most famous composer and poet of the time
  • Period: 1325 to 1397

    Francesco Landini

    Music theorist, composer, poet, and organist. Famous because he was blind.
  • Period: 1386 to 1466

    Donatello

    Famous Italian artist
  • Period: 1390 to 1453

    John Dunstable

    English, but influenced musical style in Europe. More 3rds and 6ths were used in the harmonies. This resulted in what we think of triadic music.
  • Period: 1397 to 1474

    Guillame Dufay

    First Renaissance composer.
  • Period: 1420 to 1497

    Johannes Ockeghem

    Very respected and prolific; also a low bass.
  • 1430

    The Renaissance

    The beginning of The Renaissance.
  • Period: 1435 to 1511

    Johannes Tinctoris

    Composer and theorist; wrote about contemporary music. Also wrote the first dictionary of musical terms (Diffinitorum Musices c. 1475).
  • Period: 1444 to 1510

    Sandro Botticelli

    Famous Italian artist
  • Period: 1450 to 1521

    Josquin des Prez

    Most revered Renaissance composer, esp. by Martin Luther
  • Period: 1450 to 1517

    Heinrich Isaac

    Prolific German composer
  • Period: 1452 to 1519

    Leonardo da Vinci

    An Italian polymath of the Renaissance whos areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology, and cartography.
  • Period: 1475 to 1564

    Michaelangelo Buonarroti

    Famous Italian artist. "Pieta" 1499
  • Period: 1483 to 1520

    Raphael

    Famous Italian artist. "Madonna della Tenda" 1514.
  • Period: 1490 to 1562

    Adrian Willaert

    Father of text expressionism.
  • Period: 1504 to 1511

    Ottaviano Petrucci

    One of the most important early music publishers. Published 11 volumes of frottola between 1504-1511
  • Period: 1505 to

    Thomas Tallis

    Important English composer.
  • Period: 1507 to 1568

    Jaques Arcadelt

    One of the earliest Italian madrigal composers. Composed over 250 madrigals, 125 French chansons, and sacred music.f
  • 1517

    The Reformation

    Martin Luther began the Protestant movement known as the Reformation.
  • Period: 1525 to

    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Awarded the most posthumous fame
  • Period: 1528 to

    Paolo Veronese

    Famous Italian artist
  • Period: 1532 to

    Orlando di Lasso

    Ranks in importance with Josquin and Palestrina
  • Period: 1543 to

    Willilam Byrd

    Important Catholic English composer working in Protestant England
  • Period: 1543 to 1563

    The Council of Trent

    Set new guidelines for music and musicians.
  • Period: 1548 to

    Thomas Luis de Victoria

    Carries on Palestrina's style while working in Spain.
  • Period: 1557 to

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    The leading composer of instrumental ensemble music and polychoral works in the late Renaissance. Studied with Orlando di Lasso in Munich.
  • Period: 1564 to

    Shakespeare

    Many Renaissance-style songs were composed for and used in his plays.
  • 1567

    Pope Marcellus Mass

    Supposedly written to satisfy the Council of Trent. Included 6 a capella voices; was polyphonic and homorhythmic.
  • Period: 1567 to

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Moved music from the Renaissance style to the Baroque. Wrote 9 books of madrigals.
  • Period: 1570 to

    John Farmer

    English composer and organist who lived in London and Dublin; well known for clever word painting.