Medieval Era
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300 – 1300
Medieval Era
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Medieval or Middle Ages: 300 – 1300
Most music was vocal:Sacred – religious Secular – non-
religious (worldly)
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Popular or FolkPerformed by traveling musicians who sang and played string or percussion instruments.
Secular Music
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Small Harps
Lutes
Viols
Common Instruments: STRINGS
(Ancestor to modern guitar)
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Flutes/Recorder
Bagpipes
Common Instruments: WINDS
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Sacred Music Influence of the Roman Catholic Church
Through 1150, mostly monophonic, single melody by one person or group
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Sacred MusicSingers 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.
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First organized musical notation. Mostly square, white notes Allowed singers to learn many more chants.
NEUMES
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Eventually, horizontal lines were added to clearly show how far apart the neumes were.
Neumes = Notes Lines = Staff
NEUMES
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900 – 1200 Added a second melody to chant Usually apart by a 4th or 5th
SIMPLE POLYPHONY
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Hildegard von Bingen
FAMOUS COMPOSERSGuillaume de Machaut
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Charlemagne: 742 to 814
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Pope crowned Charlemagne the Holy Roman Emperor: Dec. 25,
800
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Carcassonne: A Medieval Castle
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Medieval Universities
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Oxford University – 12th century
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Late Medieval Town Dwelling