 Among Kochanowski's best known works are bucolic "Frascas" (trifles), epic poetry, religious lyrics, drama-tragedy "The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys", and the most highly regarded "Threnodies" or laments, written after the death of his young daughter.The poet Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński, an intellectually refined master of small forms, bridges the late Renaissance and early Baroque artistic periods.Following the European and Italian in particular musical trends, the Renaissance music was developing in Poland, centered around the royal court patronage and branching from there.