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  2. Chronological list of Italian classical composers - Wikipedia

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    Maestro Piero (before 1300 – c. 1350) Gherardello da Firenze (c. 1320/1325 – c. 1362) Jacopo da Bologna (fl. 1340 – 1360) Giovanni da Cascia (Giovanni da Firenze) (14th century) Vincenzo da Rimini (14th century) Lorenzo da Firenze (Lorenzo Masini) (died 1372/1373) Francesco Landini (c. 1325/1335 – 1397)

  3. List of online digital musical document libraries - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of online digital musical document libraries. Each source listed below offers access to collections of digitized music documents (typically originating from printed or manuscript musical sources). They may contain scanned images, fully encoded scores, or encodings designed for music playback (e.g., via MIDI).

  4. Dal segno - Wikipedia

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    The MIDI file plays in the order: G A B B C A B C' C. A similar example showing DS al CODA. Play ⓘ The notes are to be played in this order: G A B B C' A B C. In music notation, dal segno (UK: / d æ l ˈ s ɛ n j oʊ /, US: / d ɑː l ˈ s eɪ n j oʊ /, Italian: [dal ˈseɲɲo]), often abbreviated as D.S., is used as a navigation marker.

  5. Italian classical music - Wikipedia

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    The music of the Trecento pioneered new forms of expression, especially in secular song and in the use of vernacular language, Italian. In these regards, the music of the Trecento may seem more to be a Renaissance phenomenon; however, the predominant musical language was more closely related to that of the late Middle Ages, and musicologists ...

  6. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    Italian term Literal translation Definition Lacuna: gap: A silent pause in a piece of music Ossia: from o ("or") + sia ("that it be") A secondary passage of music which may be played in place of the original Ostinato: stubborn, obstinate: A repeated motif or phrase in a piece of music Pensato: thought out: A composed imaginary note Ritornello ...

  7. Canon (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, a canon is a contrapuntal (counterpoint -based) compositional technique that employs a melody with one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration (e.g., quarter rest, one measure, etc.). The initial melody is called the leader (or dux), while the imitative melody, which is played in a different voice, is called the ...

  8. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (between 3 February 1525 and 2 February 1526 – 2 February 1594) [n 1] was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music. The central representative of the Roman School, with Orlande de Lassus and Tomás Luis de Victoria, Palestrina is considered the leading composer of late 16th-century Europe. [1]

  9. Music history of Italy - Wikipedia

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    History of Italy. The modern state of Italy did not come into being until 1861, though the roots of music on the Italian Peninsula can be traced back to the music of ancient Rome. However, the underpinnings of much modern Italian music come from the Middle Ages.