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Fall of Rome + start of middle ages
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The roman dialect of chant
Cataloged by Pope Gregory -
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Plainchant "melody" with an added melody what resulted was a musically sung piece of parallel 4ths and 5ths with dissonant 3rds and the thirds should not be used multiple forms
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Created the music staff
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Called the Great mortality due to its utter devastation it caused, eventually became known as the black plague in the late 17th century
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English, but had a influence in European musical style. prominent use of thirds and sixths
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First Renaissance composer
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Attributed to Dunstable in two separate sources. Rondeau (forme fixe) for three voices
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Very respected and prolific, also a low bass
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New complex currents of thought concerning;
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Composer and music theorist who wrote about contemporary music and wrote the first dictionary for musical terms
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Prolific German composer
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Most revered renaissance composer. extremely emotionally filled music and was so popular that others would try to pass his music off as theirs
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Introducing the viola organista, an incredible instrument conceived by renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci
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Motet for four voices
thinking about motives and imitation
opening motive is derived from the chant melody -
Father of text expression
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Pop music of the later renaissance
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Most prolific composer of the renaissance
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The most famous composer of the renaissance
Used polyphony and showed he could make any texture understood -
The catholic church excommunicated Martin Luther. chants still important, they served as cantus firmi (cantus Firmus)
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Ranks in importance with Josquin and Palestrina
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Important Catholic English composer working in protestant England, a roman catholic living in protestant England.
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Catholic music reforms, set new guide lines for music and musicians
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Carries on Palestrina's style while working in Spain
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The leading composer of instrumental ensemble music and polychoral works in the late renaissance
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Lived into the early baroque- Many renaissance style songs were composed for his plays
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Moved music from renaissance style to baroque
Composed many operas during the baroque era -
Supposedly written to satisfy the Council of trent
6 A cappella voices
Polyphonic and Homorhythmic
"Gloria" -
English composer active in Dublin and London