Another important event that revolutionized the world of music was introduction of music printing from moveable type. Music printing completely changed the dissemination of music as it offered music to a broader public which fostered the growth of music literacy and societal participation (Norton 160). Before this intergration music was hand written and often would be scarce for the musicianship which meant that things like study books and compositions would be primarily used by the more wealthy people in society; the movable type not only offered a great variety and new amount of music to musicians but also greatly reduced the cost of copying and buying music which greatly helped spread music throughout.
Printed music became a market for amateurs musicians as well as fueling that for professional musicians. It was during this time that the trend for amateurs to make music and entertain themselves and the people around them became increasingly common. Printing music also helped composers as it offered not only a greater sale of their works but also offered a larger dissemination of their works to a larger number of people of larger distances which would attract new patrons which would end up revolutionizing the economy of music. This new technology also changed history as it allowed more works to be preserved over time (Norton 161). Ottaviano Petruci (1466-1539) in Venice produced the first collection of polyphonic music produced by moveable type (Arkenberg 1). However by the end of the sixteenth century the centers of publishing spread throughout more of Europe as the rise in saturation of music promoted competition amongst publishers and composers. .
The Renaissance had many iconic composers such as John Dunstable (1390-1453). A mathematician, astronomer and musician, Dunstable is recognized for his 60 compositions which strongly influenced composers after him. He is known for writing three voice sacred pieces, settings of antiphons, hymns and mass sections.