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Music was primarily functional, used for very specific purposes like church services, dances and entertainment; Melodies had small ranges; Rhythms were steady and regular; Official harmonies are not established but fourths, fifths, and octaves were commonly used; Music was monophonic; Poetry and words formed the structure of the music; Chants were extremely common
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Secular, Ballads, Lais, Rondeaux, Virelais, Madrigals, Chant
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ca. 480- ca. 524. Important music theorist
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credited with inventing the staff
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The first female composer in contemporary musicology to receive extensive scholarly research. She was a very important poet, composer, teacher, and author.
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ca. 1130/40- ca. 1190/1200. Famous troubadour.
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ca. 1135- ca. 1201. Master of organum purum at the Cathedral of Notre Dame.
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ca. 1140- ca. 1200. Famous troubadour.
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ca. 1150/60- ca. 1200. Took the poetic style to new heights.
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ca. 1155/60- 1200. One of the most important early trouveres.
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ca. 1160- after 1213. One of the earliest trouveres and most famous of poets.
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We do not know the exact dates of his life but estimate it to be sometime during the late 12th/early 13th century. May have been a student of Leonin.
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ca. 1170-1230. Wrote the earliest surviving minnesinger melody.
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ca. 1180- ca. 1278. One of the most celebrated troubadours of his time.
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Headed the Crusades to Jerusalem. Prolific composer and poet.
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ca. the late 13th century
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We do not know the exact dates of their lifetime but estimate it to be sometime during the late 13th century. One of the most important Medieval music theorists.
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French composer known as the "inventor of a new art".
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ca. 1300-1377. The leading composer and poet of the Ars Nova in France.
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ca. 1320/25- 1362/63. Important Italian composer of the Trecento in Italy.
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ca. 1325-1397. The most celebrated musical personality of the Trecento in Italy.
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ca. 1390-1453. English composer who influenced musical style in Europe.
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ca. 1397-1474. First Renaissance composer.
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ca. 1420-1497. Very respected and prolific. A low bass.
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Melody voice was usually the bottom voice; Rhythms were simple; Progressions of 3rds and 6ths were popular; Dissonances were avoided; Tonal system used modality; Tended to be homorhythmic, Common forms: cantus firmus, poetic strophic, binary, madrigals; Was now more about beauty than function or purpose
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Ballet, Balletti, Chant, Masses, Motets, Hymns, Secular, Sacred
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ca. 1435-1511. Composer and music theorist who wrote about contemporary music.
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ca. 1450-1517. Prolific German composer.
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ca. 1450-1521. From France but served in Italian courts. His music was so emotion-filled and popular that others would try and pass it off as their own.
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ca. 1450-1521. One of the earliest Italian madrigal composers.
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Very important artist, scientist, engineer, sculptor and architect of the Renaissance.
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German theologist and composer. Also the founder of the Lutheran Church.
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ca. 1490-1562. Father of text expression.
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English composer who wrote a 40-voice part motet.
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ca. 1515-1565. Composed at least 125 madrigals.
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Most prolific composer of the Renaissance.
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The most famous composer from the Renaissance.
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ca. 1525-1594. Awarded the most posthumous fame.
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Ranks in importance with Josquin and Palestrina.
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Important Catholic English composer working in Protestant England.
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Carries on Palestrina's style while working in Spain.
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ca. 1557-1612. The leading composer of instrumental ensemble music and polychoral works in the late Renaissance.
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Moved music from the Renaissance style to the Baroque style.
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ca. 1570-1603. English composer and organist who was known for clever word painting.