Renaissance+Musicians

Backround: Josquin Desprez
Josquin Desprez Renaissance composer- Born in 1440 in Italy. He was known as one of the Greatest Composers of Western music. Desprez did a lot of music work. He was involved with church work. Desprez was very religious. He was employed in Milan. He was also a singer at the Papal Chapel in Rome. He was a music teacher. He belonged to a group of composers known as the Netherlands School.

Acomplishments: What He Did
Desprez did a new kind of music, he would express words through music (singing). He had command of musical technique, like dance singing and instermental. Desprez was skillful in the use of the canon (repetition of a melody.) Desprez wrote music for four voices, Sapranio, Alto, Tennor, and Base. He composed secular songs. He also wrote love songs. His love songs were in French and Italian. Desprez composed eighteen masses. He wrote a lament for the death of his composer, Orkegtem. Josquin wrote a song called "Imitation of the Cricket." Despez command of text and structure makes his music one of the great legacies of Western Society. He died in 1521 at the age of 81.
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Backround: Guillaume Dufay
Guillaume Dufay Educator Of Music - Born in 1399 in **Cambrai, France**. For most of his life, he spent in his home town of Cambria. Dufay loved music, when he was young he joined a Choir, and was with the same choir untill people includeing him self left, because instead of doing what he loved for free he wanted money(but there are other ressons I just don't no them). So he left and went to choir where they baught your talent. After such years Dufay became a Cheif figure of Music schools, Because of his compleation of education as a choir master. As well for him being in the most part very educated in all music. = =

Acomplishments: What He Did
Dufay became well known for his output and contained masterpieces of every genre. Or even new styles and types of music such as: DRAMATIC CYCLES, cyclic masses, and even //isorhythmic moetes.// Now I have never heard of theese have you? One of his top changes in music was modern day harmonies. Just think what if he never changed the music! We'd probably all be stuck in the middle ages with music.............ahhhhhhhhh. His famous music was about love. Kinda weird I thought back then it was wrong or something to wright about love. I gess it was just me. Dufay also created insterments such as: The Lute wich as today we know it as Violin. Suppriseing, no? Others are spinetto, viol, virginal, recorder and lira de braccio. I have no idea what most of theese are but the names are cool. Dufay as most great people died, well all people die....... anyway he died in 1474. So he was only 75, thats sad. Dufay was the one who started music and passed it on if it was just singing to Violin playing the Creator Of Music. Pretty cool.
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