The terms used to refer people who performed secular music are called atheists.
The Renaissance movement
developed a great interest in the classical world including Greek and Roman
studies of poetry ethics science and rhetoric.
The Renaissance, an artistic
movement, represents a period in European history, covering the span between
the XIV and XVII centuries. Renaissance was characteristic for its
own invented version of humanism, which was derived from the rediscovery of
Greek philosophy and the concept of Roman Humanitas.
Answer:
The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731) of Italy. Cristofori was unsatisfied by the lack of control that musicians had over the volume level of the harpsichord. He is credited for switching out the plucking mechanism with a hammer to create the modern piano in around the year 1700