Music Artists Flashcards
Popular composer of the
Medieval period and also known
as Adam the Hunchback.
A poet and musician who was
known for his chanson and poetic
debates.
Le Jeu de Robin et Marion
Adam de la Halle
He was an Italian Renaissance
composer of sacred music and the
best-known 16th-century
representative of the Roman
School of musical composition.
A master of contrapuntal
composition.
Giovanni Pierluigi da
Palestrina
Father of English Madrigal.
He was an English composer,
theorist, singer and organist of the
Renaissance.
He was the earliest and the chief
figure in the wholesale
transplantation of the Italian
madrigal tradition to England.
Thomas Morley
Born in Eisenach, Germany on March
21 1685.
A musical geniuses who mastered the
fugue. And also known for his
cantatas.
He worked as a court musician,
organist, and a royal court composer
for the king.
He died in 1750 after suffering from a
stroke.
Johann Sebastian
Bach
Born in Halle, Germany on
February 23, 1685.
He learned music at the attic of
their house.
Known for his oratorios and
composed more than 50 operas.
He died in London on April 14,
1759
George Friedric
Handel
