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Donatello was a famous Italian artist.
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An English composer who influences the musical style in Europe
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Dufay was the first Renaissance composer
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A very respected composer
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The Renaissance was an era of exploration, scientific inquiry and artistic awakening. It sometimes regarded as the golden age of a cappella singing.
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Frottole (usually solo 4 voices and homorhythmic), Chanson (like the frottola but French), Italian Madrigal (originally italian, more serioud poetry and music),
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Tinctoris was a composer and music theorist who wrote the first dictionary of musical terms in 1475
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Botticelli was a famous Italian artist, painted The Birth of Venus
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Was the most revered Renaissance composer and ahead of his time in many ways. His music was emotion filled and popular and others would try to pass of their music as his
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Profilic German composer
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Da Vinci was one of the most famous artists and engineers of the Renaissance.
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Was also a famous Italian artist
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Father of text expression
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Tallis was an English composer who wrote a 40-voice part motet called Spem in alium
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Most prolific composer of the Renaissance
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Palestrina was the most famous composer from the Renaissance
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First madrigals were homorhythmic and 4 solo voices, flourished in Italian courts, instruments participated but were rarely noted
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Another highly important composer
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Important Catholic English composer working in Protestant England
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Carries on Palestrina's style in Spain
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Shakespeare was a very famous writer in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods.
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Moved music from Renaissance style to the Baroque style, wrote 9 books of madrigals
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Composed by John Farmer (1570-1603) who was an English composer active in Dublin and London, the piece uses 4 solo voices and word painting