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Period: 1386 to 1466
Donatello
Italian artist. Sculpted Bronze Statue of David -
Period: 1390 to 1453
John Dunstable
English composer, but influenced musical style in Europe. His complete works were not published until 1953 -
Period: 1397 to 1474
Guillaume Dufay
First Renaissance composer -
Period: 1420 to 1497
Johannes Ockeghem
composer, prominent musician in the renaissance period -
Period: 1435 to 1511
Johannes Tinctoris
Composer and music theorist. Wrote the first dictionary of musical terms: Diffinitorum musices -
Period: 1444 to 1510
Sandro Botticelli
Italian artist. Painted The Birth of Venus (1485-1486) -
Period: 1450 to 1517
Heinrich Isaac
German composer -
Period: 1450 to 1521
Josquin des Prez
Composer. Worked at Notre Dame in 1504 as the provost. Over 100 motets, 17 masses, many French chansons, and Italian secular songs -
Period: 1452 to 1519
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist Mona Lisa, The Annunciation -
Period: 1466 to 1536
Erasmus
Dutch scholar-philosopher -
1475
Diffinitorum musices
First dictionary of musical terms. Written by Johannes Tinctoris. -
Period: 1475 to 1564
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Italian artist. Pieta 1499 -
Period: 1483 to 1520
Raphael
Italian artist. Madonna della Tenda 1514 -
Period: 1483 to 1546
Martin Luther
Religious reformer, 95 Theses -
Period: 1488 to 1576
Tiziano Vecellio
Italian artist. The Three Ages of Man -
Period: 1490 to 1562
Adrian Willaert
Father of text expression -
Period: 1500 to 1530
Frottola
Secular music style -
Period: 1505 to
Thomas Tallis
Important English composer -
Period: 1507 to 1568
Jacques Arcadelt
One of the earliest Italian madrigal composers. Composed over 250 madrigals, 125 French chansons, and sacred music -
1517
95 Theses: Martin Luther
challenged the teachings of the catholic church -
Period: 1521 to
Philipp de Monte
Renaissance composer -
Period: 1525 to
Palestrina
Most famous composer during the renaissance period -
Period: 1525 to
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Awarded the most posthumous fame -
Period: 1528 to
Paolo Veronese
Italian artist. The Allegory of Wisdom and Strength (1580) -
1530
Italia Madrigal
Poetry that used instruments but music was not notated. 1530+ -
Period: 1530 to
Madrigals
Secular music style during the Renaissance era -
Period: 1532 to
Orlando di Lasso
Important composer in the Renaissance era -
Period: 1543 to
William Byrd
Important Catholic English composer -
Period: 1548 to
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Renaissance composer. Worked in Spain and carried on Palestrina's work -
Period: 1557 to
Giovanni Gabrieli
leading composer of instrumental ensemble music and polychoral works -
1562
Pope Marcellus Mass
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Period: 1564 to
Shakespeare
Playwright. Lived during the early Baroque period. Many renaissance -style pieces were written for his plays. -
Period: 1564 to
Galileo
Famous Scientist -
Period: 1567 to
Claudio Monteverdi
Composer. Wrote 9 books of madrigals. Wrote 9 books of madrigals during the Baroque era -
Period: 1570 to
John Farmer
English composer and organist who lived in London and Dublin -
Canzona septimi toni
Gabrieli Sacred Symphonies -
Fair Phyllis
written by John Farmer