John Tavener (jan 1, 1490 – jan 1, 1545)
Description:
Willaert's great contemporary. With Taverner the luxuriant melismatic cantus firmus polyphony that characterized the Eton Choir Book antiphons continued its jungle growth. Neither textual declamation nor structural imitation plays anything like the role they had come to play in the humanistically influenced sacred music of continental Europe.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1490
jan 1, 1545
~ 55 years