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.