Renaissance music

It is characterized by the introduction of the interval of the third into European art music (in the Middle Ages, thirds had been considered dissonances: see interval), and the continued development of polyphony (Greek: many-voices). Masses, motets and other liturgical music was composed for churches; aristocrats and rich bourgeois sang, played and were entertained by secular songs for many voices or consort[?] music for recorder or viol da gamba. Printing made music more widely available.

Forms:

• Madrigal
• Chanson[?]
• Motet
• Mass (music)

Composers:

• Martin Agricola (1466-1506)
• Jacques Arcadelt[?] (also known as Jacob Arcadelt)
• William Byrd (1543-1623)
• Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
• John Dowland (1563-1626)
• Guillaume Dufay[?] (c.1400-1474)
• Andrea Gabrieli (c.1510-1586)
• Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)
• Carlo Gesualdo[?]
• Orlando Gibbons[?]
• Heinrich Isaac (c.1450-1517)
• Orlandus Lassus (also known as Orlando di Lasso)
• Johannes Ockeghem[?]
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
• Jacopo Peri (1561-1633)
• Josquin des Prez (c.1440-1521)
• Thomas Tallis
• John Taverner[?]
• Tomas Luis de Victoria[?]