Chapter 9 Flashcards
Printing Press
Invented in 1450 (Gutenberg), single impression in 1501, triple in 1528.
- Spread ideas of Antiquity
- Established music printing market
- Music making at home common
- International style spread to Italy
- Individual composers became known
Single impression printing
Applied in a large scale by Pierre Attaignant starting in 1528
More efficient and less costly than triple, but not as elegant (staff lines tended to be broken and wavy)
triple impression printing.
1501 - more elegant. Stafflines, text, notes and florid initials. Petrucci
Pierre Attaignant
applied single impression printing using pieces of type that printed staff, notes, and text in one operation on a large scale in 1528
Antoine Busnoys
(1430-1492) most prolific chanson composer of his time
served in Burgundian courts, and Hapsburg Empire
Johannes Gutenberg
perfected printing from movable type in 1450.
Isaac
1450-1517 Franco-Flemish composer. born and trained in low countries. traveled widely, worked at courts across europe including italy. ended career with medici family. taught by ockeghem.
Josquin des Prez
1450-1521 most famous composer of the renaissance. travelled widely. became well known due to the printing industry
Jacob Obrecht
composer. 1457/8-1505 born in Netherlands, died in Ferrara. imitation
Ockeghem
Music widely distributed, performed, imitated.
important singer, composer, teacher. taught Obrecht, Isaac, Josquin
Petrucci
His collection of polyphonic music (Harmonice musices Odhecaton A) was printed with movable type (triple impress) in 1501
Tinctoris
Renaissance theorist who wrote about contrapuntal rules. “Liber de arte contrapuncti (book on the art of counterpoint) 1477
Zarlino
Renaissance theorist who wrote about contrapuntal rules. “Le intitutoni harmoniche (Harmonic foundations, 1558)
