| A | B |
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| Madrigal | Composition for several solo voices set to a short secular poem, usually about love |
| Ballett (fa la) | Dancelike song for several voices, mostly homophonic in texture; uses fa la as refrain |
| Lute | a plucked stringed instrument similar to the guitar |
| Viol | a bowed string instrument family |
| Pavane | Renaissance dance in duple meter |
| Galliard | Renaissance dance in triple meter |
| Shawm | a double reed woodwind instrument |
| Recorder | an early woodwind instrument family |
| Ricercar | Polyphonic instrumental composition which makes extensive use of imitation |
| Venetian School | Willaert, Gabrieli, Gabrieli, and their followers |
| Polychoral Motet | Motet for two or more choirs, often including instruments |
| Luca Marenzio | Italian madrigal composer |
| Carlo Gesualdo | Italian madrigal composer, Prince of Venosa |
| Thomas Weelkes | English composer most known for Madrigals, we listened to As Vesta Was Descending |
| Thomas Morley | English composer of Madrigals and Fa Las, we listened to Now is the Month of Maying |
| Andrea Gabrieli | Italian composer at St. Mark's who wrote Ricercar in the Twelfth Mode |
| John Dowland | English lutenist and composer |
| Adrian Willaert | Italian composer and music director at St. Mark's |
| Giovanni Gabrieli | Italian composer and music director at St. Mark's, who wrote sonata pian e forte |
