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Martin Luther Sparked the movement known as the Reformation by posting the 95 theses for the Catholic church Dufay Best Burgundian composer, traveled between Italy and France Dufay fused late medieval and early renaissance style Dufay Beautiful upper voice melodies + faster notes homophonic>>polyphonic sometimes noticeable cantus firums Dufay Used same musical style for sacred and secular Dufay leaned towards medieval fashion for official events, like the consecration of the Florence duomo Ockeghem Composer from Paris known for non-imitative polyphony Ockeghem Treated four parts equally important, overlapped voices a lot, and used very low ranges, especially for bass Josquin Italian composer regarded as the best of his day (16th cen) Josquin Liked to compose sacred motets rather than masses to use his famous word-painting technique of unexpected, chromatic harmony Jacobus de Kerle Musician on the council of Trent who prevented the musical changes of the Counter-Reformation from getting too radical Orlando di Lasso Flemish composer who started out his musical career as a boy soprano and traveled all around Europe (oft. Italy and Germany) Orlando di Lasso Worked in Munich for the court of the Duke of Albrecht for 30 years Orlando di Lasso Published over 2000 works in his lifetime thanks to the printing press Orlando di Lasso combined Italian melodies with German/Flemish polyphony, French text-setting, and his own creativity to create the international style Palestrina Conservative composer who worked for the pope for 44 years and followed the rules of the council of Trent, composing only sacred music Palestrina Composed over 100 masses and 400 religious motets, utilizing the imitation mass, the cantus firmus mass, and the freely composed mass techniques Palestrina Model for counter-reformation music and 16th century imitative polyphony da Victoria Spanish school pupil of Palestrina, known for the mystical intensity of his music Adriaan Willaert Flemish director of St. Mark's who developed the antiphonal style Andrea Gabrielli St. Mark's director in the mid 16th century, carried over antiphonal style Giovanni Gabrielli Andrea Gabrielli's nephew, also followed antiphonal trend Petrarch Influential 14th century poet whose work was often used for Madrigals hundreds of years later Verdelot Flemish composer who worked in Italy and wrote "Italia Mia" with a Petrarch poem Gesualdo Italian nobleman/composer who killed his wife and her lover and who was known for his strange 20th-century-sounding chromatic harmony Morley English composer, wrote "Sing we and Chant it" Farmer Famous English madrigal composer, wrote "Fair Phyllis"