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1400-1600



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Palestrina


Lassus


Luther


John Dunstable
(c. 1390-1453)

Guillaume Dufay
(c. 1400-1474)

Johannes Ockeghem
(c. 1430-1495)

Jacob Obrecht
(1452-1505)

Heinrich Issac
(c. 1450-1517)

Adrian Willart
(c. 1490-1562)

William Byrd
(1543-1623)

Thomas Morley
(1557-1602)

Orlando Gibbons
(1583-1625)

Notes of 'In Nomine' by Orlando Gibbons
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Man stands at the center of art, and it is the first time that music is written for the sake of, rather than, service of the Christian Church or social needs. Polyphony evolves, and the madrigal is born.


In secular music, the singing of "troubadours", wandering singers who sang daily songs, especially developed. In the 15th century, the Netherlands school contributed the style attributing all voices the same importance - polyphony'Music is the highest gift of God' - Four-part round - Lassus.
During this period, a lot of music was written for unaccompanied singers and choirs (a-cappella'Oh beautiful woman' - sung a-cappella).
In Italy, the madrigal'Oh beautiful woman' - Madrigal was born, based on polyphonic singing and imitation between voices.
Throughout the 16th century, the Reformation and the Protestant church greatly affected composition, with far less ornaments in music, to match the austere mood of the early Protestant sacred works. Palestrina creates harmony'Loving Mother of Our Savior' (Alma redemptoris mater) - Palestrina as a substitute for polyphonyA polyphonic part by Palestrina. He composes religious works of clarity and balance, in which the range of invention is wide and the words are distinct.
Throughout the Renaissance, the arts in general, including music, become independently important, rather than for their contribution to other topics. Beauty is a legitimate reason for producing art, not just the need to serve some master or God.
The important artistic principles in the Renaissance are proportion and symmetry.



Notation
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Example music from this period
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Rondo - Orlando di Lasso
Renaissance ballade - Giovanni Palestrina
"Beloved mother" - Giovanni Palestrina
Madrigal "Oh beautiful woman"



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Cantata
Madrigal
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Historic and Scientific events
1431
French girl, Joan of Arc, is burned by the British
1455
Gutenberg prints the first book ever - the Bible
1485
First parachute designed by Leonardo da Vinci
1492
Columbus discovers America
1492
Jews expelled from Spain
1497
Sea route around Africa to India discovered by Vasco da Gama
1503
Leonardo paints the Mona Lisa
1509
Henry VIII - King of England
1535
Reformation begins - King Henry divorced
1543
Copernicus explains that the Earth revolves around the sun
1590
Microscope invented
1593
Thermometer invented by Galileo




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