John Dunstaple had connections to St Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire.
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John Dunstaple (or Dunstable; c. 1390 – 24 December 1453) was an English composer whose music helped inaugurate the transition from the medieval to the Renaissance periods.[1] The central proponent of the Contenance angloise style (lit.'English manner'), Dunstaple was the leading English composer of his time, and is often coupled with William Byrd and Henry Purcell as England's most important early music composers.[2] His style would have an immense influence on the subsequent music of continental Europe, inspiring composers such as Du Fay, Binchois, Ockeghem and Busnois.[2]
Information on Dunstaple's life is largely non-existent or speculative,[3] with the only certain date of his activity being his death on Christmas Eve of 1453. Probably born in Dunstable in Bedfordshire during the late 14th-century, Dunstaple was associated with Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester and Joan of Navarre, and, through them, St Albans Abbey. Another important patron was John, Duke of Bedford, with whom Dunstaple may have travelled to France.
Dunstaple's surviving music is exclusively vocal, and frequently uses isorhythms, while pioneering the prominent use of harmonies with thirds and sixths.
JohnDunstaple (or Dunstable; c. 1390 – 24 December 1453) was an English composer whose music helped inaugurate the transition from the medieval to the...
the greatest English opera composers, Purcell has been assessed with JohnDunstaple and William Byrd as England's most important early music composers....
Binchois, Antoine Busnois and (as an influence), the English composer JohnDunstaple. The Burgundian School was the first phase of activity of the Franco-Flemish...
music of the era. Its leading proponent was JohnDunstaple (c. 1390 - 1453), followed by Walter Frye and John Hothby (c. 1410 - 1487). The phrase Contenance...
composer of the late medieval and early Renaissance music eras. Along with JohnDunstaple, he was one of the major figures in English music in the early 15th...
composer of the late medieval and early Renaissance music eras. Along with JohnDunstaple and Walter Frye, he was one of the major figures in English music in...
1380–1445, was an English composer of the early Renaissance. Along with JohnDunstaple he was a dominant figure of 15th-century English music. Mainly a composer...
native country and on the Continent. He is often considered along with JohnDunstaple, Thomas Tallis and Henry Purcell as one of England's most important...
Guillaume Du Fay were deeply influenced by the contenance angloise style of JohnDunstaple. His efforts in consolidating a 'Burgundian tradition' would be important...
October 20 – Yi Jing-ok, Korean military General (b. 1399) December 24 – JohnDunstaple, English composer (b. 1390) Demetrius III, former co-king of Georgia...
Great Fire of London in 1666. It contained a memorial to the composer JohnDunstaple. The wording of the epitaph had been recorded in the early 17th century...
during the Renaissance, including Dufay, Josquin, Willaert, Palestrina, JohnDunstaple, Lassus, Victoria, and Byrd. Marc-Antoine Charpentier wrote two settings...
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music, but improvising. Composers of gymel include JohnDunstaple, William Cornysh, Richard Davy, John Browne, and (much later) both Thomas Tallis and Robert...
elaborate with highly independent voices throughout the 14th century. With JohnDunstaple and other English composers, partly through the local technique of faburden...
Binchois, Du Fay was deeply influenced by the contenance angloise style of JohnDunstaple, and synthesized it with a wide variety of other styles, including that...
birth range from 1500 to 1520. His only known relative was a cousin called John Sayer. As the surnames Sayer and Tallis both have strong connections with...
1974) Harwood, Ian; et al. (2001). "Theorbo". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London:...
composers include Josquin des Prez, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, JohnDunstaple, Johannes Ockeghem, Orlande de Lassus, Guillaume Du Fay, Gilles Binchois...
past—for his examples of rhetorical devices in music. He considered JohnDunstaple to be the earliest composer of expressive music (though earlier music...
Manuscript, English masses as well as the works of Johannes Ciconia and JohnDunstaple. Bent was educated at the Acton Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls...
c. 1410) Leonel Power (c. 1370/1385–1445) JohnDunstaple (c. 1390–1453) John Hothby (c. 1410–1487) John Plummer (c. 1410 – c. 1483) Henry Abyngdon (c...
1460) Chansons Two voices O rosa bella (ballata) (Ai lasso mi – John Bedyngham/JohnDunstaple?) Three voices Aultre Venus estes Au travail suis (attrib: possibly...
chapel, composer of Renaissance polyphonic masses and sacred music. JohnDunstaple or Dunstable, early Renaissance English composer of polyphonic sacred...
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