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Medieval Era

Medieval Era. 300 – 1300 . Medieval or Middle Ages: 300 – 1300 Most music was vocal : Sacred – religious Secular – non-religious (worldly). Secular Music. Popular or Folk Performed by traveling musicians who sang and played string or percussion instruments. .

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Medieval Era

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  1. Medieval Era 300 – 1300

  2. Medieval or Middle Ages: • 300 – 1300 • Most music was vocal: • Sacred – religious • Secular – non-religious (worldly)

  3. Secular Music • Popular or Folk • Performed by traveling musicians who sang and played string or percussion instruments.

  4. Common Instruments: STRINGS • Small Harps • Lutes • Viols (Ancestor to modern guitar)

  5. Common Instruments: PERCUSSION • Drums • Cymbals • Bells

  6. Common Instruments: WINDS • Flutes/Recorder • Bagpipes

  7. Sacred Music • Influence of the Roman Catholic Church • Through 1150, mostly monophonic, single melody by one person or group

  8. Sacred Music • Singers were almost always men. • Music of Hildegard was first to be sung by women. • Priests would sing prayers on various notes, this was called chant.

  9. NEUMES • First organizedmusical notation. • Mostly square, white notes • Allowed singers to learn many more chants.

  10. NEUMES • Eventually, horizontal lineswere added to clearly show how far apart the neumes were. • Neumes = Notes • Lines = Staff

  11. SIMPLE POLYPHONY • 900 – 1200 • Added a second melody to chant • Usually apart by a 4th or 5th

  12. FAMOUS COMPOSERS Hildegard von Bingen Guillaume de Machaut

  13. FAMOUS COMPOSERS John Dunstable Guillaume Dufay

  14. Charlemagne: 742 to 814

  15. Pope crowned Charlemagne the Holy Roman Emperor: Dec. 25, 800

  16. Carcassonne: A Medieval Castle

  17. Medieval Universities

  18. Oxford University – 12th century

  19. Late Medieval Town Dwelling

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