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Janus Plousiadenos (Greek: Ιωάννης Πλουσιαδηνός, Ioannis Plousiadenos, episcopal name: Ιωσήφ, Ioseph; circa 1429-1500) was a 15th-century Greek Renaissance scholar, hymnographer and composer born in Crete.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 16 relations: Bessarion, Byzantine Empire, Catholic Church, Chant, Composer, Crete, Descant, Eastern Orthodox Church, Fall of Constantinople, Gennadius Scholarius, Greek scholars in the Renaissance, Greeks, Hymnwriter, Kallistos Ware, Polyphony, Renaissance.

  2. 15th-century Byzantine writers
  3. 15th-century Greek musicians
  4. Greek composers
  5. Greek male classical composers
  6. Musicians from Heraklion

Bessarion

Bessarion (Βησσαρίων; 2 January 1403 – 18 November 1472) was a Byzantine Greek Renaissance humanist, theologian, Catholic cardinal and one of the famed Greek scholars who contributed to the so-called great revival of letters in the 15th century. Janus Plousiadenos and Bessarion are 15th-century Byzantine writers and Greek Renaissance humanists.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Chant

A chant (from French chanter, from Latin cantare, "to sing") is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones.

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Composer

A composer is a person who writes music.

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Crete

Crete (translit, Modern:, Ancient) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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Descant

A descant, discant, or is any of several different things in music, depending on the period in question; etymologically, the word means a voice (cantus) above or removed from others.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.

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Fall of Constantinople

The fall of Constantinople, also known as the conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire.

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Gennadius Scholarius

Gennadius II (Greek: Γεννάδιος; lay name: Γεώργιος Κουρτέσιος Σχολάριος, Georgios Kourtesios Scholarios; c. Janus Plousiadenos and Gennadius Scholarius are 15th-century Byzantine writers and Greek Renaissance humanists.

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Greek scholars in the Renaissance

The migration waves of Byzantine Greek scholars and émigrés in the period following the end of the Byzantine Empire in 1453 is considered by many scholars key to the revival of Greek studies that led to the development of the Renaissance humanism and science. Janus Plousiadenos and Greek scholars in the Renaissance are Greek Renaissance humanists.

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Greeks

The Greeks or Hellenes (Έλληνες, Éllines) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world..

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Hymnwriter

A hymnwriter (or hymn writer, hymnist, hymnodist, hymnographer, etc.) is someone who writes the text, music, or both of hymns.

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Kallistos Ware

Kallistos Ware (born Timothy Richard Ware, 11 September 1934 – 24 August 2022) was an English bishop and theologian of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Polyphony

Polyphony is a type of musical texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice (monophony) or a texture with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.

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See also

15th-century Byzantine writers

15th-century Greek musicians

Greek composers

Greek male classical composers

Musicians from Heraklion

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Plousiadenos