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read, to hear and to see the slovenian music ...

The Reformation had a negative influ- Iacob Handl Gallus, Opus musicum num
ence on the development of music. Re- quatour, quinque, sex, oxto et num plurium
naissance music, with Gallus at its fo- vocum … (Prague, 1586), the part of tenor
refront, was almost stamped out. On voice (the 1st page).
the other hand the Protestant song- Iacob Handl Gallus, Opus musicum num
-books of the second half of the 16th quatour, quinque, sex, oxto et num plurium
century did leave a positive legacy. vocum … (Prague, 1586), title page (below).

The Counter-Reformation brou-
ght a new spirit to music. The closed
borders were now thrown wide open.
The clearest influence on Slovene crea-
tivity at this time was the music of the
Italian Renaissance, though a musical
Renaissance only really began to flou-
rish in Slovenia at the beginning of the
17th century. During this period mu-
sic by foreign composers dominated,

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