Petrarca | | (1304-1374); | | Boccaccio | | (1313-1375). | | Disunion in the | 1300 | Gradual diffusion of the theory of Church. Popes | | Harmony, especially through Marchetto in Avignon | | di Padua, about 1310, in Italy;--and (1378). | | through Jean de Muris, about 1325, in | | France. | | The Turks victorious | 1390 | Gerson (Johannes), a French monk, in Hungary | | born 1363, died 1429. Musical author. (1396). | | | | Commencement of the period in which | | appeared numerous sacred vocal | | compositions, viz: Masses, Motetts | | (English Anthems), Offertories, Hymns, | | Psalms, Madrigals, etc. The Madrigals | | were in the form of the Motett, | | but often had secular words. | | Instrumental music was still | | insignificant. | | Masaccio, Fiesole, | 1400 | DUFAY (GUILLAUME), born about Italian | | 1350 at Chimay, in Belgium, died 1432. painters (1400). | | The first Contrapuntist, properly Conquest of | | speaking. Purer harmony than France by | | previously. Application in the Henry V., King | | notation of the White notes, which had of England | | been already invented before his time. (1420). | | Many Church compositions. Charles VII., of | | France (1422-1461). | | | | Jeanne d'Arc | | Binchois (Egide), born in Picardy, burnt (1430). | | contributes to the improvement of England loses all | | harmony and of musical notation. her possessions | | Composes much vocal music. in France, except | | Calais | | (about 1440). | | Invention of | | Printing (1440). | | | | Constantinople | 1450 | Dunstable (John), born about 1400 taken by the | | in Scotland, died 1458. Improves the Turks (1453). | | harmony and the musical notation. | | Watches invented | 1470 | OCKEGHEM, or OCKENHEIM (Johann), at Nuernberg | | born about 1430 in Hainault, Belgium; (1477). | | died 1513.