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Renaissance (around 1400 - 1600)
This period of European cultural history starts in the hothouse of the Italian city-states but will soon spread all over Western Europe. The period will end with the upheaval of the Reformation and Counter-
Reformation. It is a period where polyphony becomes more and more finely tuned. It is also a period where secular music begins to rise in importance, where music for dances, celebrations and home entertainment is just as important as the music of the cathedral and parish churches.
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Aleotti
Vittoria Aleotti
Anonymous
Anonymous
John Bennet
Bennet
Brumel
Antoine Brumel
William Byrd
Byrd
Hernando de Cabezón
Cabezón
Maddalena Casulana
Casulana
Cavaccio
Giovanni Cavaccio
Dowland
John Dowland
Guillaume Dufay
Dufay
Dunstable
John Dunstable
Michael East
East
Ferrabosco
Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger
Gabrieli
Giovanni Gabrieli
Johannes Gallus
Gallus
Orlando Gibbons
Gibbons
Holborne
Anthony Holborne
The Teares of the Muses
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