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		<title>Madrigals &amp; Opera 

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		<description><![CDATA[Madrigals &#038; Opera Madrigals we Madrigals &#038; Opera Madrigals were mainly in four-part harmony. The music was written for people to sing; and expressed the imagery and meaning of the text through harmonic, rhythmic and melodic means &#8211; sometimes with exquisite results. Following the separation of England from Rome at the Reformation there was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renaissance period &#8211; 1400 to 1600</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Renaissance period &#8211; 1400 to 1600 Renaissance period &#8211; 1400 to 1600 After 1400, English music became more influential on the continent although eminent English composer, John Dunstable, was also influenced by his French contemporaries writing in the style of the ars nova. Meanwhile, composers at the court of the Duke of Burgundy, including Dufay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sumer is i-cumen in</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sumer is i-cumen in Sumer is i-cumen in The famous MSS of Sumer is i-cumen in (discovered in the walls of Reading Abbey although probably written in Oxford and dating from circa 1240) demonstrates the techniques of English rota or rondellus (singing &#39;rounds&#39; or &#39;multi-part&#39; songs). The work is essentially a canon (or round) for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Instrumental music</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instrumental music Instrumental music Medieval music was generally written for voices, which is why so many medieval melodies have survived until today. They have been handed down through the years and, to a lesser or greater extent, have preserved their integrity; but there is plenty of instrumental music as well, mainly associated with secular (or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sequentia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sequentia Sequentia An interesting development of plain-chant is the form known as sequentia or &#34;sequence&apos; some of the most inspiring coming from the work of Hildegarde von Bingen (1098 &#8211; 1179) the German mystic , poet and composer. Sequentia are themselves a form of early music known collectively as monodies or &#34;single line melodies&apos; which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early Church Music</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early Church Music Early Church Music Western Europe may have inherited modes, (early scales) through an oral tradition (hearing tunes sung or played and then playing them yourself) but many ancient texts include a &#34;vocal notation&apos; or &#34;instructions for singing&apos; St Ambrose, who produced numerous &#34;hymn-like&apos; texts, was said to have improvised the Te Deum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early music influences 

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		<description><![CDATA[Early music influences by Jo F Early music influences by Jo Foreman A.R.C.M. and Phil Baker M.A., M.Phil, Adv. Dip BKA, Dip. Ed, L.T.C.L The term &#34;early music&#34; encompasses the medieval, renaissance and baroque eras. These can be roughly designated as: Medieval period from 500A.D.to 1450,Renaissance from 1450 to 1600 and Baroque from 1600 until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music &#8211; the British tradition</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music &#8211; the British tradition Music &#8211; the British tradition Music, of one kind or another, has been around for almost as long as people. In fact, the idea of music pre-dates written history and many tunes have had to be &#39;carried on&#39; by what is known as &#39;oral tradition&#39; or singing from memory songs [...]]]></description>
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