Early Renaissance Music and Figures

Vocabulary flashcards covering key historical figures, composers, patrons, and theorists of the early Renaissance and Burgundian eras.

Erasmus of Rotterdam

Dutch Humanist, also known as Desiderius Erasmus; a strong believer in Viritu.

Lorenzo de’ Medici

Wealthy italian in Firenze.

Martin le franc

Author who wrote about “La contenance angloise” in Le Champion des dames.

John dunstable

The most important English composer, who wrote masses on a single cantus firmus and combined French forms with english sound.

Leonel Power

Composer found in old hall manuscripts, credited with the earliest mass cycles on a single cantus firmus and some isorhythm.

Robert Morton

Composer who worked in the burgundian court; his surviving compositions are all rondeaux, including the best known setting of L’homme arme.

Philip the Good

Ruler who had lots of instrumentalists and kept a well known court.

Guillaume Dufay

Composer in early renaissance and member of the papal choir; liked harmony in thirds and used head motives in his masses.

Gilles Binchois

Composer recognized for graceful melodies as well as secular and sacred music.

Johannus Tinctoris

Writer who authored the first dictionary on musical terms and 3 books on harmony.