MUSIC 9By: Miss Gloria Diuco

The MEDIEVAL PERIOD

450-1450 A. D.

Medieval Periodreferred too as the

Middle Ages

Middle Ages * lots of relocations, barbarian invaders

* upheavals,

(disturbances,commotions)

* knights…

* 1/3 of Europe- BLACK.DEATH

The Clergy and The Nobles

The peasants

Late Middle Ages: Nowadays, do we still see this kind of a battle? Why?

What is your idea of theMedieval period

KNIGHTS engaged in wars

MEDIEVAL MUSICMEDIEVAL MUSIC

Important Facts

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1. Most prominent instrument

ORGAN

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ORGAN•At first it could only be played by hitting it with your fist.

It was so loud that it could be heard for miles around.

2. The CHURCH was the center of musical life.

The music of the church was

Gregorian chant

*Musicians were priests and worked for the church SINGING LITURGICAL SONGS

* Women were not allowed to sing in the

church.

3. TROUBADOURS•French nobles*Their music was secular.*1st music that has notation -SECULAR (existing up to now)

TROUBADOURS

MUSICAL FORMS

1. Gregorian Chant

sung in Latin, the language of the church.

* It is a single line (no harmony) AT FIRST

* It has flexible rhythm, without meter,

AGNUS DEI

The Agnus Dei is possibly the finest composition known

from the Middle Ages

3. Secular music

Non-liturgical songs

Performed by theTroubadours

3. Sacred music

Liturgicl songs of the church

COMPOSERS

1. ST. HILDEGARD of Bingen

Saint Hildegard of Bingen, O.S.B.

•German writer, composer, philosopher, •Christian mystic,• Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath.•COMPOSED SACRED MUSIC

2.ADAM DE LA HALLE

* FRENCH * A poet and composer … * sometimes known as Adam le Bossu (‘Adam the Hunchback’)

•Composed SECULAR MUSIC

2.ADAM DE LA HALLE