MUSIC IV

History of

Music

MIDDLE AGES

MEDIEVAL

Period between

ancient civilization

and Renaissance

MEDIEVAL

Extends from ca. 450

to ca. 1453

4 PERIODS OF THE MIDDLE

AGES

Early Christian

Romanesque

Gothic

Ars Nova

Ars Antiqua (1250-1320)Ars Nova (1320-1400)

2 important periods in music

MONASTERY- CENTER

FOR SCHOLARSHI

P AND LEARNING

THE HOURS OF

DIVINE OFFICE-

SING, PRAY AND READ

THE SCRIPTURE 8 TIMES A

DAY

COMMON THEMES OF MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE

AGES

Religion

Love

GREGORY THE GREAT

ARS ANTIQUA (OLD ART)

13th century sacred French

Polyphonic style of the 13th c

1160-1320

NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL

ARS NOVA (NEW ART)

Refers of musical

changes of the 14th

c.

CHANGES IN THE ARS NOVA

abandoned the slow moving

countertenor line

Notes have moved to faster

values

Moved away from

religious to more

secular

PHILIPPE DE VITRY

Created symbols for

different divisions which

allowed for more variety in

music

DUPLE

TRIPLE

COMPOSITIONS

Mostly unknown writer./composers

In Latin

Many were written by wandering

people

theme- eat, drink and be merry

(GOLIARD – MEN WHO WANDER

AND PERFORM

FOR PEOPLE)

Funny man, jest

Recite poetry,

sing,

dance, played

instruments, and

juggled

PERFORMERS

FRENCH WANDERING

PERFORMERS-KEPT SECULAR MUSIC ALIVE

BY PASSING ON ORAL

TRADITIONS

TROUBADOR- COMPOSED THEIR OWN MUSIC IN

THE VERNACULAR

SOME INSTRUMENTS

PSALTERY

GLITTERN

BAGPIPE