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Franco-Flemish School
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In music, the Franco-Flemish School refers, somewhat imprecisely, to the style of polyphonic vocal music composition in Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries, and to the composers who wrote it. See Renaissance music for a more detailed description of the musical style, and links to individual composers from this time. The composers of this time and place, and the music they produced, are also known as the Dutch School. As the country borders in this period can not be compared with any national borders today, the term "Dutch" may be confusing. Few of the artists originated in what is now the Netherlands. Instead, the word "Dutch" refers to the Low Countries, roughly corresponding to modern Belgium Flanders with for instance Adriaan Willaert and Jacob Obrecht or Wallonia with for instance Josquin des Prez and Orlande de Lassus,[1] northern France and the Netherlands. Most artists were born in Hainaut, Flanders and Brabant. During periods of political stability, this was a center of cultural activity for more than two hundred years, although the exact centers shifted location during this time, and by the end of the sixteenth century the focal point of the Western musical world shifted from this region to Italy. While many of the composers were born in the region loosely known as the Netherlands, they were famous for working elsewhere. Dutchmen moved to Italy where they were called "I fiammingi" or Oltremontani ("those from over the Alps"), to Spain - notably in the Flemish cha
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Zingen En Spelen In Vlaamse Steden En Begijnhoven
Le Mystere De 'Malheur Me Bat'
De Zeven Zonden Van Jeroen Bosch
Ottaviano dei Petrucci: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton
Amours Amours Amours: Lautenduos c. 1500
Forse Che Si, Forse Che No
La Déclinaison De La Femme
Missa Cum Iucunditate
Gloria Et Malum
For The Love Of Jaqueline
The Leuven Chansonnier Vol. 1
The Castle Of Fair Welcome