The music of the Renaissance reflects and embodies the diverse stories of a vibrant era. In a novel and vivid manner, Felix Diergarten, a lecturer at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, describes the central compositional and intellectual trends of the 15th and 16th centuries: starting from six significant musical sources, the reader is guided into the everyday lives of those who listened to, thought about, played, and collected music in their varied and complex worlds. Therefore, this volume is suitable not only for musicologists and advanced students but also for beginners, school students, and laypeople.