The Role of Inspiration in Art and Music
Interactive Generative Art
By the middle of the 15th century, composers wrote richly polyphonic sacred music, in which totally different melody strains had been interwoven concurrently. Prominent composers from this period include Guillaume Du Fay, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Thomas Morley, Orlando di Lasso and Josquin des Prez. As musical activity shifted from the church to aristocratic courts, kings, queens and princes competed for the finest composers. Many leading composers came from the Netherlands, Belgium, and France; they are referred to as the Franco-Flemish composers. Other countries with vibrant musical exercise included Germany, England, and Spain.
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