Medieval Ages Ch12-13

The Middle Ages (Medieval)
- 476-1450
- 1. Gregorian Chant
- 2. The Mass
- 3. Medieval Cloister
- 4. Hildegard of Bingen
- 5. Rise of Polyphony
- 6. Organum
- 7. Early Medieval Motet
Gregorian Chant
- simple song
- monophony- 1 voice no accomp.
- freely moving melody
- non metric rhythm
- no harmony
- noted by neumes
- 1. Syllabic- 1 note per syllable
- 2. Neumatic- a few syllables per note
- 3. Melosmatic- many notes per syllable
The Mass
Medieval Cloitste

religious seclusion devoted to prayer
Hildegard of Bingen
- 1st women to write music
- head of monastery
- poet, prophet
- Alleluia O virga mediatrix (12th cnt. acapella)
Polyphony
- two or more musical lines
- rise in Medieval Ages
- regular meters
Organum
- second voice added
- 12th & 13th centuries
Motet
- texts added to upper voices of organum
- sacred and secular texts combined
- "word"
Secular Muisc of The Middle Ages ch.13
Secular Songs

focus idealized love & code of behavior
French Ars Nova
- new art
- secular themes
- Guillaume de Machaut
Early Instrumental Music
- improvised not notated
- supported vocal music
- 1. Soft (bas)
- 2. Loud (haut)
- 3. Other instruments
- 4. Organs
Loud (haut)
- 1. Tournaments
- 2. Processions
- 3. Shawm
- 4. Sackbut
Soft (bas)
- 1. recorder
- 2. pipe
- 3. lute
- 4. harp
- 5. hammered
- 6. psaltery
- 7. dulcimer
- 8. rebec
- 9. vielle

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Medieval Ages Ch12-13

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Miedieval Ages Ch12-13, Sacred and Secular music

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