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The first important renaissance composer. He used older medieval cadences.
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Often paired with Dufay in importance. He served at the court of the Duke of Burgundy.
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Bass singer. Severed 3 kings. Was very respected in his lifetime.
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His chansons represent a transition into a new renaissance secular polyphony.
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Considered by Martin Luther to be the best composer of his time.
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Influenced german music.
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Leading composer at the Burgundian court. Never worked in Italy.
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Made important contributions to large scale forms and their unity.
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First music printer and publisher.
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Announced a rebirth in the art of music.
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German theologian and composer, he was the founder of the Lutheran church.
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Complex, continuous polyphony, strong advocate of textual expression.
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Discovered America's!!
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English organist, wrote for both the Latin and the reformed English liturgies.
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Dutch, worked in Rome and Paris, Well published in the 16th century.
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Mixed polyphony and homophony. One of the most prolific composers of the Renaissance.
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Became an icon of Renaissance music for future generations
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Widely traveled. Over 2000 compositions in all languages.
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Italian organist; pupil of willaert.
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Leader of the Florentine Camerata in the late 1570s-90s.
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Pupil of de Rore; served as the Dukes of Manuta and Parma.
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Catholic composer writing both Protestant and Catholic music in England.
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Continued Palestrina's Roman-style in Spain.
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The leading madrigal composer of the late 16th century.
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The deadliest earthquake in recorded history struck in the Shensi province of China
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Contributed to the development of the English madrigal
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Known for his chromaticism.
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Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer whose pioneering work with telescopes enabled him to describes the moons of Jupiter and rings of Saturn. Placed under house arrest for his views of a heliocentric universe.
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England’s “national poet” and the most famous playwright of all time, celebrated for his sonnets and plays like “Romeo and Juliet.”
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Took music into a new style. Ahead of his time.
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English composer and organist.
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Excessive drinker and an english organist.