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Ancient Ren People
Ancient Ren Final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Jacques Arcadelt | 1505-69. One of the first composers of 1st period of the madrigals. Respects poetic syntax/meaning. Uses imitation in some pieces as a madrigalism |
| Giovanni Maria Artusi | 1540-1613. Italian theorist, composer, and writer. Condemned the new musical innovations of the early Baroque style, famous for his argument with Monteverdi. He wrote a book on dissonance in counterpoint. |
| Bishop John of Salisbury | 1120-1180. English author, philosopher, educationalist, composer, diplomat, and bishop of Chartres. He wrote letters on the constitutional struggle in England. |
| Count Giovanni Bardi | 1534-1612, Italian. Soldier for a majority of his life, but also a patron of music and the arts. He was a host, patron, and inspiration to the Florentine Camerata. |
| Pietro Bembo | 1470-1547. Italian scholar, poet, literary theorist, member of the Knights Hospitaller, and a cardinal. He was an influential figure in the development of the Italian language. Contriubuted to the development of the madrigal. |
| Gilles Binchois | 1400-1460. One of the 3 most famous composers of the early 15th century, considered to be one of the finest melodist. Simple and clear outline in his compositions, mostly composed with rondeaux form. |
| Antoine Busnoys (Busnois) | 1430-1492. French composer and poet of the early Renaissance Burgundian School. One of the most renowned 15th century composers of secular chansons. |
| William Byrd- | 1539-1623. English composer of the Renaissance, wrote various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard, and consort music. |
| Guilio Caccini | 1551-1618. Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist, and writer of the late Renaissance/early Baroque.1 of the founders of opera and influential creator of the new baroque style. father of composer Francesca Caccini, singer Settimia Caccini. |
| Guillaume Dufay- | 1397-1474. Franco-Flemish composer of early Renaissance. One of the leading composers in Europe in the 15th century. Composed the most common forms of the day,mainly simple settings of chant. |
| John Dunstable (Dunstaple) | 1390-1453. musician, politician and mathematician. his music is more complex and sophisticate than others. prepared cadences and gives melodic ideas and cadential formulas used in the Renaissance |
| Andrea Gabrieli | 1532-1585. An organist, Italian musician who held the position of maestro di capella at San Marco. Composed Venetian music. Teacher and Uncle of Giovanni Gabrieli |
| Giovanni Gabrieli- | 1553-1612. Most important composer of Venice music, moved everything forward because of his double choir/polychoral An organist, Italian musician who held the position of maestro di capella at San Marco Composed sacred concertos |
| Carlo Gesulado- | 1561-1613. An expressionist madrigal composer of the Third Period of the Madrigal. Murdered first wife.. brought with him to Ferrara a series of his madrigals and several musicians, expressing his love of music with no sense of propriety |
| Hans Leo Hassler- | 1564-1612. German composer / musician who studied the style of the Venetian school. Composer influenced by the Venetian style and German chorales. He combined these 2 styles in his sacred works |
| Heinrich Isaac | 1450-1517. Composed lieds. The intervals in his music often used numerical symbolism which is subtle. His music is printed in choirbook format. |
| Josquin des Prez- | 1440-1521. One of the first composers to make use of the printing system. Focus on the equality of voices. |
| Orlando di Lasso (Roland Lassus) | 1532-1594. Famed Franco-Flemish church musician. Held several important positions in Rome. At 21 he was a maestro di cappella. |
| Martin Luther | 1483-1546. Most important influence on music in Germany. Nails 95 theses to the door of Schlosskirche in 1517 Reformation. Published German Mass 1526 New form of song in worship: Lutheran Chorale sacred, but non-liturgical text and a tune. |
| Claudio Monteverdi | 1567-1643. Italian composer, string player, and choirmaster. He composed secular and sacred music, and was a pioneer in the development of opera. Considered a crucial transitional figure between the Renaissance and Baroque. |
| Obrecht- | 1457-1505. Flemish-Dutch composer. One of the most famous composers of masses. Johannes Ockeghem- 1420-1497. |
| Ottaviano Pettruci- | 1466-1539. Italian printer and publisher. |
| Leonel Power- | 1385-1445 Composer of English School. considered a talented nobody known for compiling the Old Hall Manuscript.The top two voices move more quickly and cross more frequently than the lowest two voices. The double leading tone cadence |
| Cipriano da Rore | 1515-1565. Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance in Italy. One of the most prominent composers of madrigals in the middle of the 16th century. His experimental, chromatic, and expressive style influenced the secular music form. |
| Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina- | 1525-1594. Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music, best known representative of the Roman School of musical composition. His work is considered the culmination of Renaissance polyphony. |
| Philippe de Vitry- | 1291-1361 First person to mention the term: Ars Nova (n. Latin “new art”) Wrote the Ars Nova treatise. |
| Pope Clement V | 1264-1314. pope from 1305-1314. Moved the Papacy from Rome to Avignon. |
| Pope Gregory XI | 1377, Gregory moved his Court to Rome, officially ending the Avignon Papacy.Once he is the single Pope, he sends message of unity of the Catholic church as important.Commissions the setting of the Ordinary of the Mass in Polyphony. |
| Pope John XXII | 1244-1334 Resistance to complex church music in ars Nova.. Wants to get rid of polyphony entirely, but Bishop John of Salisbury similarly wants this, but not to get rid of it, just make it more conservative. |
| Samuel Scheidt | 1587-1654. German composer, organist, and teacher of early Baroque. |
| Johann Hermann Schein | 1585-1630. German musician who studied at a Venetian school. Studied the sacred concerto and copied Gabrieli’s combination of instruments and voices. |
| Tomas Luis de Victoria (Vittoria)- | 1548-1611. Most famous composer in 16th century Spain, one of the most important of the Counter Reformation. Also an organist, singer, and Catholic priest. |
| Adriano Willaert- | 1490-1562. Netherlandish composer and founder of the Venetian school. One of the representative members of northern composers who moved to Italy and transplanted the polyphonic Franco-Flemish style there. |
| Gioseffo Zarlino | 1517-1590. Italian Music theorist and composer. Made a large contribution to the theory of counterpoint and musical tuning. |
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