Is a period from the 14th to the 17th century, considered the

bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history.

Is a Spanish term for a type of oboe. The chirimia is a member of the shawn family of double-reed instruments, introduced to Central and South America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries bu the Spanish clergy.

Orlande de Lassus

The saltarello was a lively, merry dancefirst mentioned inNaples during the 14th century. The music survives, but no early instructions for the actual dance are known. It was played in a fast triple meter and is named for its peculiar leaping step, after the Italian verb saltare ("to jump").