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On 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on a small island he called San Salvador. Columbus believed he had reached the Indies, or the islands southwest of India that include Indonesia and Malaysia. Columbus died believing he had reached the east by sailing west, but instead he had discovered a “new world.”

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Recognized as the most virtuosic dance type of the late Renaissance era, the galliard was a showcase dance for male dancers. Performed in triple meter, the galliard's step pattern consists of five jumped changes of weight in six beats.

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Performance "Kings almightly" "Joyssans" by Thoinot Arbeau Playing "Reditus" Dancing "Vento del tempo"

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The Author: Josquin Des Prez was born in France in 1440. He composed religeous music and he work for the king Louis XXI of France.

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is a motet composed by Josquin. It is regarded as Josquin's most famous motet and one of the most famous pieces of the 15th century. The piece rose to extreme popularity in the 16th century, even appearing at the head of the first volume of motets ever printed. Its revolutionary open style featuring early imitative counterpoint and two-voice parts has added to its acclaim as one of the most influential compositions of its era.

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Hi! I'm Josquin a Renaissance composer. I was born in Beaurevoir a little town in France. I was born in 1440 and lived almost eigty-one years.

I liked to compose religious and a capella music. I was a musician of the court of the king Louis XXI of France.

My favourite song of mine is Ave Maria, listen!

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An early kind of trombone which had a much smaller bell than the present-day instrument and as a result it had quite a round and mellow tone. Listen to this excerpt from a fantasia by William Byrd and notice the polyphonic style of playing with entries first by sackbuts, followed by the higher sounding cornetts.

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"La Gioconda" of Leonardo da Vinci

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About 1450, European scholars became more interested in studying the world around them. This new age in Europe was eventually called "the Renaissance", a French word that means "rebirth."