View
3
Download
0
Category
Preview:
Citation preview
Medieval ages (450-1450AD)
*Around 450 the Roman Empire began to disintegrate.
*This was the beginning of the “dark ages”.
*Life was hard and full of migrations, upheavals, and
wars.
*In the later Middle Ages churches and monasteries
were constructed, towns grew, universities were
founded.
Medieval ages (450-1450AD)
*Monks in monasteries held a monopoly on learning;
most people – including the nobility – were illiterate.
*The church was the center of musical life.
*Musicians were priests and worked for the church.
*An important occupation in monasteries was
liturgical singing.
*Women were not allowed to sing in the church
*Most medieval music was vocal.
*The church frowned on instruments.
RELIGIOUS MUSIC; GREGORIAN CHANTS
ACTIVITY ON PAG 11
RESUME……..
SECULAR MUSIC; TROUBADOURS AND JUGGLERS
(AND JUGGLER MUSIC)
The Troubadours can be described as poets who flourished
from the eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in
Provence, in the south of France, and also in the north of
Italy.
They invented, and especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical
poetry characterized by intricacy of meter and rhyme, and
usually of a romantic, amatory strain.
TROUBADOURS
TROUBADOURS
Conon de Béthune. Tant ai amé c'or me convient haïr
JUGGLERS
The Jongleurs can be described as a court attendant or other person such
as a traveller who, for hire, recited or sang verses and performed
other acts for the entertainment of the audience .
Their repertoire included extravagant skills in dancing,
conjuring, acrobatics, and juggling. The Jongleurs also played a part in
singing, and storytelling. Many were skilled in playing musical
instruments, although their skills were not greatly recognised or
rewarded
SECULAR MUSIC; CANTIGAS
INSTRUMENTS
RELIGIOUS MUSIC
GREGORIAN CHANTS
POLYPHONY
(ARS ANTICUA AND ARS
NOVA)
ORGANUM
MELISMATHIC
ORGANUM
DISCANTUS
SECULAR MUSIC
TROUBADOURS
JUGGLERS
CANTIGAS DE
SANTA MARÍA
Recommended