The Renaissance period saw a rebirth of learning and the arts between 1450-1600. Music was an important part of courtly and public life. Vocal music was more prominent than instrumental, and features like word painting were used. Polyphonic textures with independent melodic lines were common in choral works. Instrumental music included dances like the galliard, pavane, and saltarello. Composers like Palestrina wrote influential masses and motets that advanced Renaissance styles. Madrigals also emerged as a popular secular form.
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