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Guillaume Du Fay was a Flanco-Flemish composer and the first important Renaissance composer. Wrote 7 masses, 28 mass sections, 90 motets, and much more.
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Johannes Ockeghem was a bass singer, served three kinds, and was a very respected teacher. Wrote 13 masses and 5+ motets
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Renaissance Masses were typically written for three to six voices. Masses were multi-movement polyphonic works for voices alone (a cappela)
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Many melodies were played/sung at one time (polyphony) making words and melodies sometimes not stand out. The goal of the music was to create an effect on the listener
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Was typically Masses, Motets. Separate pieces by liturgical titles.
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Frottola, madrigal, chansons, and other types of poetic pieces set to music
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Sandro Botticello was an Italian painter who painted The Birth of Venus.
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Josquin de Prez was considered to be the "best composer of our time" by Martin Luther. Was said to have had no peer in music; wrote 18 masses, 50+ motets, etc.
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Heinrich Isaac was a Flanco-Flemish composer who influenced German music. Was the court composer for Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in Vienna.
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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter and one of the most famous painters of the Renaissance.
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Ottaviano Petrucci was the first music printer and publisher, which preserved Renaissance music for today.
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Martin Luther was a German theologian and composer, and the founder of the Lutheran church.
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Raphael was a well known Italian painter and architect.
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Was extraordinarily popular in Italy from 1490's to the 1530's. They were works for four voices, usually light in character, and were often homorhythmic.
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Palestrina was an icon of Renaissance music for future generations. He had a Roman style and wrote 104 masses, 375 motets, madrigals (secular and sacred).
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The Italian Madrigal used aristocratic poetry and soon spread to England. Though instruments participated they were rarely notate, at first were were homorhythmic and contained 4 solo voices by 1550 it became 5 solo voices and by 1600 there were no restrictions.
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Catholic composer who wrote both Catholic and Protestant music in England. Greatest English composer of his time. 3 masses, 175 motets, anthems, and antiphones.
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Tomas Luis de Victoria continued Palestrina's Roman style in Spain and was the greatest Spanish composer in the Renaissance period.
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Galileo was a famous scientist during the Renaissance period.
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William Shakespeare was one of the most famous English playwrights, and his work is still highly performed and read today.
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This genre of dance started developing in the late Renaissance. One of the first ballets was the "Ballet comique de la Reine" in 1581.
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