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Baldassare Castiglione’s Il libro del cortegiano (‘The Book of the Courtier’) was published in 1528 and became the most influential book of manners of its time. It was still being reprinted well into the eighteenth century and was translated into many languages. The Courtier presents a series of evening conversations purported to have taken place at the court of Urbino, ...

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VIII of England and François I of France meet at the ‘Field of the Cloth of Gold’ 1527 Sack of Rome by imperial forces 1528 Baldassare Castiglione’s Il libro del cortegiano published in Italy 1531 Henry VIII establishes himself Supreme Head of Church of England 1535 Michelangelo begins Last Judgement in Sistine Chapel 1540 Jesuit order confirmed by Pope Paul III ...

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contributed to music patronage well beyond what might be expected, given their small role in international politics. Among these were Urbino (where the dialogues in Castiglione’s Il libro del cortegiano are meant to have taken place), Milan and Naples. Mantua and Ferrara The two most outstanding examples of this, however, were the small neighbouring courts of Ferrara and ...

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principle of thematic development (structuring music by the development of themes) that is typical of most tonal composition: for example, considerations of sonority, texture or notation. Influences | Cortegiano | Renaissance | Classical ...