Chapter VI: Part III: The Polyphonic Period

VIII. THE RISE OF THE NETHERLAND SCHOOLS 226

The Netherland style; the _Ars Nova_; Maschault and the
Paris school; the papal ban on figured music--The
Gallo-Belgian school; early English polyphony; John
Dunstable; Dufay and Binchois; other
Gallo-Belgians--Okeghem and his school--Josquin des Prés;
merits of the Netherland Schools.

IX. THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE 258

Spirit of the Renaissance--_Trovatori_ and _cantori a
liuto_; The Florentine _Ars Nova_; Landino; _caccia_,
_ballata_, _madrigal_--The fifteenth century; the Medici;
Netherland influence; popular song forms--Adrian Willaert
and the new madrigal--Orazio Vecchi and the dramatic
madrigal.

X. THE GOLDEN AGE OF POLYPHONY 284

Invention of music printing--The Reformation--The
immediate successors of Josquin; Adrian Willaert and
the Venetian school; Germany and England--Orlando di
Lasso--Palestrina; his life--The Palestrina style;
the culmination of vocal polyphony--Conclusion.