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476
Fall of Rome
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Period: 476 to 1430
Medieval Genres
Secular, ballads, lais, rondeaux, virelais, madrigals, and chant -
Period: 476 to 1430
Medieval Stylistic Traits
Purely functional music for specific services or dances or for entertainment
Melodies confined to small rangele
Steady and regular rhythms
Harmonies are not yet established technically
Lots of parallel 4ths, 5ths, and octaves
Monophonic
Text and poetic form determined musical structure -
Period: 476 to 1430
Invention of notations for pitch and rhythm
Pitch notation came before rhythm -
Period: 481 to 524
Boethius
Medieval composer -
Period: 991 to 1033
Arrezzo
Medieval composer -
Period: 995 to 1050
Wipo
Medieval composer -
Period: 1071 to 1126
William IX
Medieval composer -
Period: 1098 to 1179
Bingen
Medieval composer -
Period: 1130 to 1200
Ventadorn
Medieval composer;
ca. 1130/40 - ca. 1190/1200 -
Period: 1135 to 1201
Leonin
Medieval composer -
Period: 1150 to 1200
Daniel
Medieval composer; b. ca. 1150/60 -
Period: 1155 to 1200
Nesle
Medieval composer; b. ca. 1155/60 -
Period: 1160 to 1213
Brule
Medieval composer -
Period: 1170 to 1230
Vogelweide
Medieval composer -
Period: 1180 to 1238
Perotin
Medieval composer; Flourished at this time -
Period: 1180 to 1278
Cardenal
Medieval composer; ca. 1180 - ca. 1278 -
Period: 1183 to 1205
Vidal
Medieval composer; Flourished at this time -
Period: 1190 to 1236
Reuental
Medieval composer -
Period: 1212 to 1212
Dia
Medieval composer;
Birth year unknown;
d. ca. 1212 -
Period: 1213 to 1239
D'arras
Medieval composer; Flourished at this time -
Period: 1221 to 1284
Alfonso X
Medieval composer -
Period: 1230 to 1300
Riquier
Medieval composer -
Period: 1245 to 1288
Halle
Medieval composer; ca. 1245/50 - ca. 1285/88 -
1290
Invention of eyeglasses
Late 13th century -
Period: 1291 to 1361
Vitry
Medieval composer -
Period: 1300 to 1377
Machaut
Medieval composer -
Period: 1300 to 1350
Ars nova in France
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Period: 1300 to 1400
Trecento in Italy
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Period: 1320 to 1363
Firenze
Medieval composer; ca. 1320/25 - ca. 1362/63 -
Period: 1325 to 1397
Landini
Medieval composer -
Period: 1337 to 1453
Hundred Years War
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Period: 1340 to 1386
Bologna
Medieval composer; Flourished at this time -
Period: 1376 to 1445
Wolkenstein
Medieval composer -
Period: 1390 to 1453
Dunstaple
Medieval composer -
Period: 1397 to 1474
DuFay
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1400 to 1430
Cordier
Medieval composer; fl. early 1400's -
Period: 1400 to 1460
Binchois
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1410 to 1497
Ockeghem
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1430 to
Renaissance Genres
Ballet, balletti, chant, masses, motets, hymns, secular, and sacred -
Period: 1430 to
Renaissance Stylistic Traits
Top voice usually sang melody
Relatively simple rhythm
Progressions of 3rds & 6ths
Dissonance discouraged
Tonal modality
Homorhythm
Counterpoint
Forms: cantus firmus, poetic strophic, binary, madrigals
Purpose shifted from function to beauty -
Period: 1430 to
Invention of new tuning systems
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Period: 1445 to 1518
Compere
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1446 to 1506
Agricola
Renaissance composer -
1450
Invention of the printing press
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Period: 1450 to 1517
Isaac
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1450 to 1521
Prez
Renaissance composer; b. ca. 1450/55 -
Period: 1452 to 1518
De La Rue
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1457 to 1505
Obrecht
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1460 to 1513
Brumel
Renaissance composer; d. ca. 1512/13 -
Period: 1465 to 1525
Cara
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1466 to 1539
Petrucci
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1470 to 1534
Tromboncino
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1483 to 1546
Luther
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1485 to 1558
Janequin
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1490 to 1545
Taverner
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1490 to 1562
Sermisy
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1490 to 1562
Willaert
Renaissance composer -
1492
Columbus "discovered" the New World
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Period: 1494 to 1576
Sachs
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1500 to 1553
Morales
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1507 to 1568
Arcadelt
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1515 to 1565
Rore
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1517 to
Zarlino
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1521 to
Monte
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1525 to
Palestrina
Renaissance composer; b. ca. 1525/26 -
Period: 1532 to
Lasso
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1532 to
Gabrieli
Renaissance composer; b. ca. 1532/35 -
Period: 1534 to
Bardi
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1535 to
Wert
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1535 to
Ingegneri
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1536 to
Striggio
Renaissance composer; b. ca. 1536/37 -
Period: 1540 to
Byrd
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1545 to
Luzzaschi
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1548 to
Victoria
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1553 to
Marenzio
Renaissance composer; b. ca. 1553/54 -
Period: 1554 to
Gastoldi
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1557 to
Morley
Renaissance composer; b. ca. 1557/58 -
Period: 1559 to
Beaulieu
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1560 to
Nanino
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1561 to
Gesualdo
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1562 to
Sweelinck
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1567 to
Monteverdi
Renaissance composer -
1570
First modern atlas published
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Period: 1570 to
Farmer
Renaissance composer; fl. 1591-1601 -
Period: 1571 to
Salmon
Renaissance composer; Flourished at this time -
Period: 1576 to
Weelkes
Renaissance composer