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Claudio Montiverdi
 Composed Orfeo in 1607
 15 yrs old when his first collection of music was published
 published very little music until about 1595
 could play the viol da gamba and viol da braccio
 employed by the Duke of Mantua as a string player
 worked primarily on madrigals
 created the first opera
 restored the musical standard of both choir and instrumentalists
 often gave his mature madrigals a lightness and humour, seeing the essence of a poem
rather than its detail
 composed a total of 9 madrigal books by 40 yrs old
 Published Vespers of 1610
 Called the “creator of modern music”
 Introduced a more expressive element to music, which he called stile concitato
 His work is said to have marked the change from the Renaissance style to Baroque
 His opera, Orfeo, is the earliest opera to still reserve a place in modern repertoire
Josquin des Prez
 His approach had a modern sense of tonality
 First composer with a printed book devoted to his music
 Composed Hercules Dux Ferrariae
 Student of Johannes Ockeghem
 Of the 20 masses he composed, 17 were published during his lifetime
 Composed in 3 main categories: motets, masses, and chansons
 Considered to be the first mast of the high renaissance style of polyphone vocal music
 Used a contrapuntal technique that gave defining direction to high renaissance music and
added to the development of music through history
 Encountered Italian carnival songs, and even composed a few himself
 Composed both sacred and secular music
 Received his training from the Northern Franco-Flemesh school
 His style of writing included homophonic settins with block chords and symbolic text
 Used a technique called pervasive imitation
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
 Wrote 105 masses, 140 madrigals, and 300 motets
 Used madrigalism for the Song of Solomon
 Music was generally dissonant and “weak,” which produced a smooth type of polyphony
 Created works notable for their spiritual qualities and technical mastery
 Published his first book of masses before the age of 30
 Known as the savior of church music
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Was invited to the court of Mantua in 1583
Directed the choir of St. John Lateran
Most important work is considered to be Missa Papae Marcelli
His music was rediscovered in the 19th century
Apex of “pure” religious polyphony
Was the first 16th century composer to appear in a 19th century printing
Was hired to compose for the Sistine chapel in 1555
Best known representative of the Roman school of Music composition
Studied music between 1537-1539
Thomas Tallis
 Sang in the Chapel Royal during the reign of Mary Tudor
 Went to dover college to study music in 1532
 Published Cantiones Sacrae, a collection of 38 Latin Motets
 Toward the end of his life, he resisted the musical development accepted by younger
composers and even his students
 Considered England’s greatest composer
 Earliest surviving work is “salve intemerata virgo”
 Composed mainly sacred works
 Composed music for all of the Tudor kings and queens except Henry VII