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Middle Ages Music

Middle Ages Music. By Brittany Mussmann. History. Sacred Music- Started with Gregorian Chant, a J ewish and Byzantine religious chant Developed into Polyphonic music called Organum Then went to Secular Music Music was performed in unison

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Middle Ages Music

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  1. Middle Ages Music By Brittany Mussmann

  2. History • Sacred Music- Started with Gregorian Chant, a Jewish and Byzantine religious chant • Developed into Polyphonic music called Organum • Then went to Secular Music • Music was performed in unison • Notes were usually same length and song or played in the key of C (Monophonic)

  3. Influenced • Travel prompted by crusades which led to new interest in music • Troubadours, Trouveres, and Minstrels were poets and musicians that influenced middle age music

  4. Guillaume de Machaut • 1st true genius of western music • 1st composer to create a polyphonic setting of the “ordinary” of the Catholic Mass

  5. Other Composers Adam de la Halle Hilegard Von Bingen Maniot d’ Arras TylmanSusato

  6. Intruments: Wind • Flute: Similar to modern flutes • The Shawn: reed instrument with vent holes • Bagpipe: used by the poorest people and was made of goat or sheep skin and a reed pipe • Crumhorn: a double reed instrument

  7. Intruments: String • Harp: 30 in. in length, played by plucking the strings • Rebec: round pear shaped body like a violin • Psaltery: Cross between harp and guitar • Hurdy-Gurdy: bow was replaced by strings attached to a wheel which was cranked by a handle • Dulcimer: Played by striking the strings with a hammer

  8. Intruments: Percussion • Drum: made from a hollow tree trunk, clay or metal and covered by skins of water animals • Cymbal: Concave metal plates • Tambourine: Mostly used by women

  9. Works Cited • www.ipl.org/div/mushist/middle/index.html • www.middle-ages.org.uk • www.themiddleages.net • www.hypermusic.ca • www.google.com/images

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