Dictionary of Music - Birding America

Renaissance 343IMPORTANT RENAISSANCE COMPOSERSComposer Origin/Active in Noted forAlexander Agricola (c. 1446–1506) Flemish/Milan, Florence, Cambrai, Paris, Many three-part rondeaux and virelais; also motets,Spain, Belgium Masses, instrumental chansons; renowned singer; associatedwith Ockeghem at French royal chapel.Felice Anerio (c. 1560–1614) Rome Sacred and secular vocal music; succeeded Palestrinaas composer to the Papal Chapel.Jacob Arcadelt (c. 1505–c. 1568) Flemish?/Italy, Rome, Paris Madrigals, chansons; also motets.Hugh Aston (c. 1480–c. 1558) England Famous Hornpipe for virginals; also church music.Adriano Banchieri (1568–1634) Italy Sacred and secular music; important treatise on howto play figured bass.Gilles Binchois (c. 1400–1460) Burgundy/Dijon Chansons, especially rondeaux; also motets, Massmovements.Antoine Brumel (c. 1460–c. 1520) France/Chartres, Geneva, Paris, Ferrara Many Masses; also motets, other sacred music.John Bull* (c. 1562–1628) England/London, Brussels, Antwerp Organ and harpsichord music; virtuosoharpsichordist.Antoine Busnois (deBusne) (died 1492) Flemish/Dijon, Bruges Pupil of Ockeghem; Masses, motets, chansons.William Byrd* (1543–1623) England/Lincoln/London Sacred choral music, madrigals, keyboard musicAntonio de Cabezón* (1510–1566) Spain Keyboard music; virtuoso organist.Jacobus Clemens non Papa Flemish/Flanders, Netherlands Motets; also Masses, sacred and secular songs; Dutch(c. 1510–c. 1556) Souterliedekens (hymns).Loyset Compère (c. 1445–1518) France/Milan, Paris, Cambrai, St. Quentin Chansons, motets, substitution Masses (motets thatreplaced movements of the Mass).Thomas Crecquillon (c. 1500–1557) Flemish Chansons; also Masses, motets.John Dowland* (1562–1626) England/Paris, Oxford, Denmark, London Organ and harpsichord music; lute songs;virtuoso lutenist.Guillaume Dufay* (c. 1400–1474) Burgundy/Cambrai, Italy Masses, chansons.John Dunstable* (c. 1380–1453) England/England, Burgundy Masses, motets.Giles Farnaby (c. 1565–1640) England Four-part canzonets, psalms, and other sacred pieces; morethan 50 keyboard works in Fitzwilliam Virginal Book.Robert Fayrfax (1464–1521) England Masses, motets, secular vocal and instrumental music.Alfonso Ferrabosco I (1543–1588) Italy/England Motets, madrigals.Alfonso Ferrabosco II (1578–1628) England Masques, sacred music, lute songs, instrumental fantasias.Walter Frye (fl. c. 1450–1475) England/Burgundy? Masses, motets, chansons.Andrea Gabrieli* (c. 1520–1586) Italy/Venice Sacred choral music, organ music, instrumental works.Giovanni Gabrieli* (c. 1557–1612) Italy/Venice Motets, organ works, instrumental music; nephew ofAndrea Gabrieli.Don Carlo Gesualdo (c. 1560–1613) Italy/Naples, Ferrara Madrigals, motets in highly chromatic style.Orlando Gibbons* (1583–1625) England Madrigals.Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495–1556) Flemish/Vienna, Madrid, Brussels, Tournai, Many motets, chansons, parody Masses; numerous songsGermany (at court of Emperor Charles V) arranged for lute or guitar; pupil of Josquin.(Continues)