In these times music was a simple art, sung by the people to praise the Lord. ... 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). ... Like in the Baroque era, the concerto and sonata were used as art forms. In the Classical period the symphony and string quartet were added as new acceptable art forms. ...

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The principal is known as the Carolingian Renaissance, supposed to perceive the blossoming of adapting under the rule of Charlemagne (ruled 768 "814). ... The accomplishments of the Carolingian age set the stage for the following traditional restoration, known as the Renaissance of the Twelfth Century, a term coined by Charles Homer Haskins (1870 "1937) to portray the blooming of established learning amid this period. ... Traditional style was grasped from multiple points of view amid the Renaissance in Italy, and it showed itself in different interests. ... Alongside the painter Mas...

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