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40 Cards in this Set
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Boethius |
5-6th/Most important theorist of early med. period. Wrote "Fundamentals of Music". Outlines distinction between theory and practice |
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Pope Gregory |
6-7th/Patron saint of musicians, singers. |
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Guido d'Arezzo |
11th cent. Italian monk and theorist. Believed to have developed mnemonic device known as the Guidonian hand. |
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Leonin |
Fr/12th/ND school. Ars antiqua. Organum |
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Perotin |
Fr/13th/ND School. Ars antiqua. added 3rd and 4th voices to organa. |
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Franco of Cologne |
Fr/13th/ND school. ars antiqua. 1st writer credited with setting down principles of mensural notation. Wrote "The Art of Measurable Song" ca.1250. |
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Anonymous IV |
Eng?/13th/Probably English student working in Notre Dame. wrote important treatise of medieval music theory. Writings are main source for understanding the ND school of polyphony |
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Vitry, Phillipe de |
Fr/14th/Ars Nova. Wrote treatise titled "Ars Nova". Motets. Questions of authorship |
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Machaut, Guillaume |
Fr/14th/Ars nova. elevated formes fixes. "Machaut Manuscripts."-collection of his works |
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Landini, Francesco |
It/14th/ballata. namesake for Landini candence. |
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Du Fay, Guillaume |
Bel/15th/B School. embodies transition from med. to ren. style. Important figure in development of fauxbourdon |
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Dunstable, John |
Eng/15th/B School. mathematician, astronomer, musician. Motets and Mass mvts. |
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Binchois, Gilles |
Fr/15th/B school. frequent use of 3rds and 6ths |
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Petrucci, Ottaviano |
It/15-16th. Venetian publisher. Published Odhecaton in 1501. |
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Jannequin, Clement |
Fr/15-16th/parisian chanson |
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Ockeghem, Johannes |
Bel/15th/FF school. Canon. "Missa Prolationum"- mass |
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des Prez, Josquin |
Fr/15-16th/FF school. wrote in virtually every vocal genre (masses, motets, chansons). One of the greatest composers of his time. "Ave Maria...virgo serena" |
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Tinctoris, Johannes |
Bel/15-16th/FF school. composer and theorist. Wrote 1st dictionary of musical terms "Diffinitorium musices" |
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Lassus, Orlando de |
Bel/16th/FF school. one of the most prolific composers in history. 2,000 works in nearly every genre. Madrigals |
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Willaert, Adrian |
Bel/16th/FF school. Italian madrigals |
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Palestrina |
It/16th/Music hailed as quintessentially representative of Ren. polyphonic style. 104 settings of the Mass Ordinary. "Missa Papae Marcelli" - Mass |
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Tallis, Thomas |
Eng/16th/anthems. "Verily, verily I Say Unto You" |
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Glareanus, Heinrich |
16th/Wrote "Dodecachordon" of 1547 |
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Marenzio, Luca |
It/16th/Italian madrigal. Word painting |
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Gabrieli, Giovanni |
It/16th/Italian madrigals |
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Morley, Thomas |
Eng/16th/English madrigals. wrote treatise-"A Plaine and Easie Intro. to Practicall Musicke" |
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Weelkes, Thomas |
Eng/16-17th/Eng. madrigals, then sacred. Celebrated for word-painting |
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Praetorius, Michael |
Ger/16-17th/"Terpischore"-Intabulations of dances popular during 2nd half of 16th/early 17th cent. |
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Rinuccini, Ottavio |
It/16-17th/Poet. Member of Florentine Camerata. |
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Caccini,Giulio |
It/16-17th/FC. influential in development in secunda prattica. Monody-"Sfogava con le stelle" |
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Peri, Jacobo |
It/16-17th/FC. secunda prattica. Intermedio- "Song of Arion". May have written the first opera- "Dafne" |
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Sweelinck, Jan |
Hung/16-17th/organist. wrote keyboard music. |
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Byrd, William |
Eng/16-17th/Greatest keyboard composer of his era."Fitzwilliam Virginal Book"-keyboard manuscript |
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Monteverdi, Claudio |
It/16-17th/Mastered prima & secunda prattica. Introduced new style- genere concitato. opera- "Orfeo" |
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Viadona, Lodovico |
It/16-17th/sacred monodies-"One Hundred Church Concertos" |
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Frescobaldi, Giralamo |
It/16-17th/toccata. "First Book of Toccatas and Partitas" |
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Cesti, Antonio |
It/17th/musical director at Medici court. opera-"Il Pomo d'oro" |
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Carissimi, Giacomo |
It/17th/Oratorio-"Jepthe" |
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Gesualdo, Carlo |
It/17th/a capella madrigal |
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Schutz, Heinrich |
Ger/17th/Key in transmitting secunda prattica North of the Alps. Composed 1st German opera. "Sacred Choral Music" a collection of a capella motets |