Middle Age Music, Architecture, and TheaterPresentation by Rayleen Reyes, Michael Balandran, and Edward Charfauros

• Introduction

• Music

• Architecture

• Theater

• Conclusion

• References

• Question & Answer Session

TimelineDark Ages and Medieval EraLifestyleReligion and ChurchArt Genres

Holy MusicPriestsCatholic ChurchDaily WorshipGregorian Chant

MusiciansInfluences StylePolyphonic MusicInstrumentsFoundation

After the Roman EmpireInfluences

Different typesRomanesque Gothic

Why these features?Maria Laach Abbey, Germany

Tum Collegiate Church, Poland

Lessay Abbey, Normandy, France

Middle Age theatre Few surviving recordsDramatizing important biblical events Celebrating annual religious eventsPageant wagon stages Performing within playsScenes of many plays

the Wakefield Cycle

Also called Towneley playsA cycle of 32 scriptural/mystery plays Early 15th century, Performed at Wakefield, EnglandFestival of Corpus Christi

the Digby Magdalene

Jacobus de Voragine's widely disseminated Golden LegendFemale saint: Mary MagdaleneWitnesses Christ's Resurrection11th through 13th centuriesControversial subject

Artists, movements, periods, and revivals Possesses a higher survival rate Christianity and the Catholic Church InfluenceCritical aspects of medieval religious lifeTheater enhances experiencesMusic, architecture, theater continues to be popular

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