Zarlino, Gioseffe

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• Gioseffe Zarlino —     Gioseffe Zarlino     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Gioseffe Zarlino     Italian musical theorist, born at Chioggia in 1517; died at Venice, 4 February, 1590. He studies for the Church and was ordained deacon ( see Deacons ) in 1541, but became so …   Catholic encyclopedia

• GALILEI, Vincenzio — (1520 1591) Vincenzio Galilei was a professional musician and merchant who advanced musical theory of the mid sixteenth century; credited with devising the formula for tuning lutes and viols to a tempered scale, he played an important role in the …   Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary

• Musica ficta — (from Latin, false , feigned , or contrived music) was a term used in European music theory from the late 12th century to about 1600 to describe any pitches, whether notated or to be added by performers in accordance with their training, that lie …   Wikipedia

• Claude Le Jeune — Claude Le Jeune; engraving in his Dodécacorde (1598, La Rochelle) Claude Le Jeune (1528 to 1530 – buried 26 September 1600) was a Franco Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was the primary representative of the musical movement known as… …   Wikipedia

• LE JEUNE, Claude — (c. 1528 1600) Claude Le Jeune, a prolific and influential Protestant French composer, was an advocate of musique mesuree a l antique and an outspoken participant in France s religious controversies. Born in Valenciennes, Le Jeune produced his… …   Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary

• Eustache Du Caurroy — (baptised February 4, 1549 – August 7, 1609) was a French composer of the late Renaissance. He was a prominent composer of both secular and sacred music at the end of the Renaissance, including musique mesurée , and he was also influential on the …   Wikipedia

• Willaert, Adriaan — (ca. 1490 1562)    Flemish composer. He was trained by Jean Mouton in Paris but spent most of his career in Italy. By 1515 he was in the service of Cardinal Hippolito d Este at Rome and travelled to Ferrara in the cardinal s household. After the… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• Oltremontani — (those from over the Alps) is a term used to describe the Franco Flemish School of composers who dominated the musical landscape of Northern Italy during the middle of the sixteenth Century. The role of the oltremontani composers at the ducal… …   Wikipedia

• GLAREAN, Heinrich — (1488 1563) Heinrich Glarean, known also as Glareanus, was a Swiss humanist, music theorist, poet, philosopher, and theologian. A friend of Desiderius Erasmus* of Rotterdam, Glarean argued against the ideas of the Reformation. Born in the canton… …   Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary

• WILLAERT, Adrian — (c. 1490 1562) Adrian Willaert was a versatile and influential Flemish composer and teacher who spent much of his career in Italy, most notably as maestro di cappella of St. Mark s Cathedral in Venice. Born most likely in Bruges, Willaert went to …   Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary