<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (February 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (February 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The designation Franco - Flemish School or Netherlandish School refers, somewhat imprecisely, to the style of polyphonic vocal music composition originating from the Burgundian Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries, and to the composers who wrote it . The diffusion of their technique, especially after the revolutionary development of printing, produced the first true international style since the unification of Gregorian chant in the 9th century . Franco - Flemish composers mainly wrote sacred music, primarily masses, motets and hymns . </P> <P> Several generations of Renaissance composers from the region loosely known as the "Low Countries"--i.e. present - day Northern France, Belgium and the Southern Netherlands--are grouped under "Franco - Flemish School", though a teacher - student - relationship between them rarely existed . Most of these musicians were born in the thriving Burgundian provinces of Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut, or Limburg . During periods of political and economic stability, the courts of the Burgundian dukes were a centre of cultural activity in Europe . </P>

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