In the late sixteenth century and early seventeenth century the Baroque style of music started in Italy. Italy, where the renaissance started, was able to create a new type of music rich in feeling, but less intricate than much of the previous renaissance music that was centered towards the north (France and the area now occupied by the Netherlands). ... These composers included the Italian composers Alessandro Scarlatti, Arcangelo Corelli Domenico Scarlatti, and Antonio Vivaldi; the German composers Heinrich Schutz and Dietrich Buxtehude; the Italian-Frenchman Jean Baptiste Lully; the English...

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This intonation is not well suited for Renaissance music as only the octaves are in perfect intonation, and vocal renaissance music was especially noted for its perfect fourths and fifths (Norton 158). ... The Renaissance had many iconic composers such as John Dunstable (1390-1453). ... Du Fay drew on French and Italian styles; some of this can be seen in his smooth vocal melodies, melismas, and meter changes that were similar to that of the ritornello in the Italian Madrigal. ... Text was largely important in both the Renaissance and Baroque periods but the manner in which they were used var...

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The gallery label in the museum provided important objective information about the piece including the fact that the piece was created through the commission of Cardinal Giacomo Serra, the papal legate to Ferrara (city in northern Italy). ... For example pre-renaissance elements of composition are inherently divergent than those of the Baroque period, just as the styles used in the Italian Renaissance are notably different than those in Germany during the Northern Renaissance. Taking into account all of the stylistic and compositional elements that appear in the piece, Samson Captured by the P...

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.), Renaissance (1450-1600), Baroque (1600-1750, approx.), Classical (1750-1830), Romantic (1830-1910), and 20th Century, or Modern, (1900-2000). ... During the Medieval and Renaissance periods, music was predominantly religious and works were composed to be performed as a part of a religious function, most commonly the Catholic mass. ... The fortepiano evolved out of the harpsichord and had an improved sound, with more flexibility of how loud or how soft (hence the name forte, Italian for loud, and piano, Italian for soft) the musician wanted. ...

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