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1 MedievalMusic

2 Music Mostly vocal music in sacred (religious/holy) music
Instruments were not allowed in church Read pg Instruments used in Secular (of the world) music

3 Gregorian Chant Qualities: Also called: Plainchant, plainsong
Folk music from Hebrew, Greek Came from Pope Gregory (Story) Qualities: Simple Monophonic: one sound Unmeasured rhythm Narrow pitch range

4 Gregorian Chant cont… Syllabic—each syllable given a note
Melismatic—each syllable spread over several notes Sung in Latin

5 The Mass Ordinary Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Agnus Dei

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8 Hildegard von Bingen 1098-1179 Women Writer
First composer with biography Produced Musical plays 10th Child of noble family (tithe) Became Nun Play Sample

9 Early Polyphony: Organum
between 700 and 900 AD, a second melodic line— organum—was added to the Gregorian Chant Later, sometime before 1200, melodies developed into real polyphony, that is, multiple layers of sound

10 Chansons de toile “songs of work” or “spinning songs”
Name came from the spinning of yarn for weaving Tell of tragedy, romance, love Sometimes set to tunes of well-known songs: Hildegard von Bingen Women Troubadours Songs in the vernacular

11 Secular Music Sumer is icumen in Earliest English Round
Subject matter: mostly love Strophic—several stanzas sung to the same melody Musical instruments— Lyre, harp, and a type of violin/fiddle, various types of woodwind instruments, and bagpipes Organ also became more popular

12 Sound Harmony Melody Rhythm Growth

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