Early music
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Early music generally comprises Medieval music and Renaissance music, but can also include Baroque music or ancient music. Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning o
Renaissance-era lute and viol, depicted in a detail from a painting by Francesco Francia
The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, modern performers of Early music
Renaissance music
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Renaissance music is traditionally understood to cover European music of the 15th and 16th centuries, later than the Renaissance era as it is understood in other disciplines. Rather than starting from
Gerard van Honthorst, The Concert (1623), National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
San Marco in the evening. The spacious, resonant interior was one of the inspirations for the music of the Venetian School.
Selection of Renaissance instruments
Modern French hurdy-gurdy