mihfa14+music

Music New styles of music started to come into play due to the advancement of instruments. Music influenced much of the Holy Catholic Church by creating new hymnals and new sounds. In the beginning of the Renaissance England dominated the musical world of the Renaissance. Guillaume Du Fay was a big hit all over Europe and this inspired much of the big hit music back in that time. Du Fay used much French poetry to add a sweet sounding melody to his music. Then in the 1500’s the French dominated the musical era of the Renaissance. Also much more progression of polyphony was still advancing. Polyphony is the stacking layers of voices, so an example of this type of music is acapela. As the Renaissance was in progression the southern countries, France and Italy, also had many musical break troughs, such as the invention of the organ, harpsichord, recorder, and the lute. In 1501 there was the discovery of the Venetian printer which helped the music from churches be copied easier instead of just having to hand write each peace individually. In the studio of Duke Federico da Montefeltro of Urbino, he musical instruments are placed alongside various scientific instruments, books, and weapons.

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