Curated category
Renaissance music
- Cancioneiro de ElvasManuel Joaquim opened the library of Elvas in 1928 and found a forgotten manuscript. This discovery brought the Cancioneiro de Elvas to light after centuries…
- Mass (music)The earliest musical settings of the mass are Gregorian chant. The different unchanging portions of the mass, collectively known as the Ordinary, came into…
- English Madrigal SchoolAlfonso Ferrabosco arrived in England during the 1560s to work within Queen Elizabeth's court. He composed many madrigals that quickly gained popularity…
- Venetian School (music)The year 1527 marked a violent turning point for European music when the Sack of Rome shattered the city's long-standing musical establishment.
- Renaissance musicIn the middle of the 15th century, a young English composer named John Dunstaple walked into a Burgundian court in France.
- Burgundian SchoolIn 1477, Charles the Bold died at the Battle of Nancy while attempting to expand his empire. His death marked a turning point for the region known as…
- Franco-Flemish SchoolThe year 1384 marked the beginning of a personal union between the House of Valois-Burgundy and several fiefs in what is now Northern France, Belgium, and…