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300 – 1300 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