The Renaissance 1430 -1600

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  • 1347

    The Bubonic Plague

  • 1397

    Guillaume Du Fay (1397-1474)

    The first important renaissance composer. He used older medieval cadences.
  • 1400

    Gilles Binchois (1400-60)

    Often paired with Dufay in importance. He served at the court of the Duke of Burgundy.
  • 1410

    Johannes Ockeghem (1410-97)

    Bass singer. Severed 3 kings. Was very respected in his lifetime.
  • 1421

    Antoine Busnoys (1430-1492)

    His chansons represent a transition into a new renaissance secular polyphony.
  • 1450

    Josquin des Prez (1450-1521)

    Considered by Martin Luther to be the best composer of his time.
  • 1450

    Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517)

    Influenced german music.
  • 1452

    Pierre de la Rue (1452-1518)

    Leading composer at the Burgundian court. Never worked in Italy.
  • 1457

    Jacob Obrecht (1457-1505)

    Made important contributions to large scale forms and their unity.
  • 1466

    Ottaviano Petrucci (1466-1539)

    First music printer and publisher.
  • 1477

    Johannes Tinctoris

    Announced a rebirth in the art of music.
  • 1483

    Martin Luther (1483-1546)

    German theologian and composer, he was the founder of the Lutheran church.
  • 1490

    Adrian Willaert (1490-1562)

    Complex, continuous polyphony, strong advocate of textual expression.
  • 1492

    Columbus

    Discovered America's!!
  • 1505

    Thomas Tallis (1505-85)

    English organist, wrote for both the Latin and the reformed English liturgies.
  • 1507

    Jacques Arcadelt (1507-1568)

    Dutch, worked in Rome and Paris, Well published in the 16th century.
  • 1521

    Philippe de Monte (1521-1603)

    Mixed polyphony and homophony. One of the most prolific composers of the Renaissance.
  • 1525

    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1528-1601)

    Became an icon of Renaissance music for future generations
  • 1532

    Orlando di Lasso (1532-94)

    Widely traveled. Over 2000 compositions in all languages.
  • 1532

    Andrea Gabrieli (1532-1612)

    Italian organist; pupil of willaert.
  • 1534

    Count Giovanni Bardi (1534-1612)

    Leader of the Florentine Camerata in the late 1570s-90s.
  • 1535

    Giaches de Wert (1535-96)

    Pupil of de Rore; served as the Dukes of Manuta and Parma.
  • 1540

    William Byrd (1540-1623)

    Catholic composer writing both Protestant and Catholic music in England.
  • 1548

    Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

    Continued Palestrina's Roman-style in Spain.
  • 1553

    Luca Marenzio (1553-1599)

    The leading madrigal composer of the late 16th century.
  • 1556

    Earthquake

    The deadliest earthquake in recorded history struck in the Shensi province of China
  • 1557

    Thomas Morley (1557-1602)

    Contributed to the development of the English madrigal
  • 1561

    Carlo Gesualdo (1561-1613)

    Known for his chromaticism.
  • 1564

    Galileo (1564-1642)

    Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer whose pioneering work with telescopes enabled him to describes the moons of Jupiter and rings of Saturn. Placed under house arrest for his views of a heliocentric universe.
  • 1564

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

    England’s “national poet” and the most famous playwright of all time, celebrated for his sonnets and plays like “Romeo and Juliet.”
  • 1567

    Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

    Took music into a new style. Ahead of his time.
  • 1570

    John Farmer (1570- 1591)

    English composer and organist.
  • 1576

    Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)

    Excessive drinker and an english organist.