Music in the Renaissance
by Gustave Reese
Period: Renaissance
Born: c. 1486 in Zurich or Basle, Switzerland
Died: c. 1543 in Munich, Germany
Nation of Origin: Switzerland
Major Works:
Masses and Motets
German secular songs (Lieder)
German sacred vocal works for the Lutheran church
He completed Choralis Constantinus a group of motets based
on liturgical texts begun by his teacher, Heinrich Isaac
Other Information:
Senfl worked in the court of Munich in Bavaria.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Reese, Gustave, Music in the Renaissance, W.W. Norton &
Company; November 1959, ISBN: 0393095304
Sachs, Curt, The Rise of Music in the Ancient World , W. W.
Norton & Company, 1943, ASIN: 0393097188
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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