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Period: 476 to 1420
Stylistic Traits
Music served specific purposes and functions, usually for services, dances, or entertainment
Melodies tend to have a small range
Steady and regular rhythms
Many harmonies not yet established, but used 4ths, 5ths, and octaves
Monophonic
Textual and poetry forms determined how the music would be structured -
Period: 476 to 1420
Genres
Secular, Ballads, Lais, Rondeaux, Virelais, Madrigals, Chant -
Period: 481 to 524
Boethius
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Period: 991 to 1033
Arrezzo
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Period: 995 to 1050
Wipo
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Period: 1071 to 1126
William IX
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Period: 1098 to 1179
Bingen
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Period: 1130 to 1190
Ventadorn
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Period: 1135 to 1201
Leonin
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Period: 1150 to 1200
Daniel
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Period: 1155 to 1200
Nesle
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Period: 1160 to 1213
Brule
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Period: 1170 to 1230
Vogelwilde
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Period: 1180 to 1238
Perotin
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Period: 1180 to 1278
Cardenal
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Period: 1183 to 1205
Vidal
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Period: 1190 to 1236
Reuental
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1212
Dia
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Period: 1213 to 1239
D'arras
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Period: 1221 to 1284
Alfonso X
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Period: 1230 to 1300
Riquier
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Period: 1245 to 1285
Halle
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Period: 1291 to 1361
Vitry
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Period: 1300 to 1377
Machaut
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Period: 1320 to 1362
Firenze
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Period: 1325 to 1397
Landini
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Period: 1340 to 1386
Bologna
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Period: 1376 to 1445
Wolkenstein
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Period: 1390 to 1453
Dunstaple
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Period: 1397 to 1474
DuFay
ca. 1397-1474 -
1400
Cordier
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Period: 1400 to 1460
Binchois