5 Polyphonic masses:
Type of polyphonic music that used 3-4 voices
motet
Franco- flemish composer, wrote 100+ motets
Josquin Desperez
Desperez’s most popular piece
Ave Maria… virgo serena
polyphonic songs that enhance popular or courtly poems
Chanson
known for writing 4-part masses, L’homme armé
Guillame Du Fay
5 chanson composers
music set to short, lyrical love poems
Madrigal
greatest italian madrigal composer, wrote “A un giro sol”
Claudio Monteverdi
Important composer, trained young choristers
Giovanni da Palestrina
type of music written for use in a church
Liturgical music
“Father of English Madrigal”
Thomas Morley