Chapter 3 “Medieval Ages” Flashcards
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Time of the Medieval Ages
450-1450
What is the other name of Medieval Ages?
Dark Ages
What is Feudalism?
Land was exchange for services.
Were people illiterate in the Medieval Ages?
True
What was the Black Death?
Epidemic in the mid 1300s
What was the center of musical life?
The church or Priests
Who was allowed to receive musical education?
Only boys
Were women allowed to sing in church?
No, but they could compose
The church disapproved instruments
True
Types of Music in the Medieval Ages
-Sacred Music
-Secular Music
What is the Gregorian Chant?
-Was named after the Pope Gregory (he didn’t create it).
-Was sung to Latin text and without accompaniment.
-Official music for some religious services
-No meter, little sense of beat.
-Drone used
What is a Drone?
Long sustained notes, accompanying melodies.
Who was Hildegard of Bingen?
Female composer, scientist, pharmacists, author, became a Nun.
How was the musical notation in Sacred Music at the Medieval Ages?
-No indication of tempo, dynamics or instruments on manuscripts.
-Use of church modes.
Mention the church modes
-Ionian
-Dorian
-Phrygian
-Lydian
-Mixolydian
-Aeolian
-Locrian
How was the Secular Music in the Dark Ages?
-Created by poets or composers
-Had monophonic texture accompanied by instruments.
-Usually about idealized love for an unattainable lady from noble or middle class.
What were the musical artists of the Medieval Ages?
-Troubadours (South of France)
-Trouvere (North of France)
-Trobairitz(Women troubadours)
What was the Cultural and Musical Shift in the Medieval Ages?
-The feudal system weaken with the Catholic Church
-Secular music becomes more important
-Composers began writing polyphonic music that was not based on the Gregorian chant
What was the shift in the music notation at the end of the Medieval Ages?
-New system of music notation was developed, and a composer could specify almost any rhythmic pattern.
-The beat was subdivided into 2 and 3. Syncopation became important.
What were Neumes?
Signs written above the text to give a graphic representation of the shape of the melody.
What happened with the Organum in the Medieval Ages?
Additional line was added to the Gregorian Chants between 700-900
Where was the center of Polyphonic music?
Paris
What did the School of Notre Dame?
Leonin and Perotin developed the notation of precise rhythms.
Who was Guillaume de Machaut?
A 14th century poet and composer that created polytextual music.
His most famous work was the Notre Dame Mass (4 voices and syncopation. First polyphonic treatment of the mass)
