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"Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen" ("Innsbruck, I must leave thee") is a German Renaissance song. It was first published as a choral movement by the Franco-Flemish composer Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450–1517); the melody was probably written by him.
Renaissance music flourished in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries. The second major period of Western classical music, the lives of Renaissance composers are much better known than earlier composers, with even letters surviving between composers. Renaissance music saw the introduction of written instrumental music, although vocal works ...
La Mantovana" or "Il Ballo di Mantova" ("The Mantuan Dance") is a popular sixteenth-century song attributed to the Italian tenor Giuseppe Cenci, also known as Giuseppino del Biado, (d. 1616) [1] to the text Fuggi, fuggi, fuggi da questo cielo. Its earliest known appearance in print is in Biado's collection of madrigals of the year 1600.
Renaissance Chansons is mainly for those European songs which were extensively developed by many composers or were used (e.g. as cantus firmus) for mass settings, in the period 1400-1600. Pages in category "Renaissance chansons"
Guillaume Tell, his swan-song, has a vast sweep [23] only equalled in the 19th century by the later works of Verdi, Mussorgsky and Wagner. Heinrich Marschner (1795–1861) German composer who was the most important exponent of German Romantic opera in the generation between Weber and Wagner. [24]
This is a list of composers of 20th-century classical music, sortable by name, year of birth, year of death, nationality, notable works, and remarks.It includes only composers of significant fame and importance.
17th-century copy of a lost original portrait by an unknown artist. [n 1]Orlando Gibbons (bapt. 25 December 1583 – 5 June 1625) was an English composer and keyboard player who was one of the last masters of the English Virginalist School and English Madrigal School.
Luigi Denza (1846–1922), Neapolitan song composer of Funiculì, Funiculà; Manuel De Peppe (born 1970) Manuel De Sica (1949–2014) Christian De Walden (born 1946) Eduardo Di Capua (1865–1917) Girolamo Diruta (c. 1554 – after 1610) Salvatore Di Vittorio (born 1967) Pino Donaggio (born 1941) Baldassare Donato (1525/30–1603), also known ...