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• Medieval music


  Music of the middle ages, flourished from 400 to 1450
• Medieval music


  • It was the period when the Christian Church became heavily involved in secular society in the western world
  • Music in this era was mainly sacred or religious and performed for church purposes
• Gregorian Chant


  • The best-known type of a plainchant or plainsong, the dominant religious music during the Medieval Period
  • Its melodies were set to sacred Latin texts meant to enhance the church services
• Baroque


  • The word came from the portuguese word barroco, meaning an oddly shaped pearl
  • The word baroque was used to negatively describe the irregular odd and pompous architectural designs and paintings of the baroque artists
• Stages of the Baroque period

  • Early baroque (1600-1640)
  • Middle baroque (1640-1680)
  • Late baroque (1680-1750)
• Early baroque (1600-1640)


  • Composers texturized melodies to homophony, a musical texture of a single melodic line with voice and accompaniment moving together rhythmically
• Late baroque (1680-1750)


  • Composers texturized melodies to polyphony
• Ornamentation

  • A musical technique of short duration decorative notes added to compositions to accentuate specific notes and reinforce its mood
  • Can be written out or improvised
• Johann Sebastian Bach


  • A German composer and a well-known organist of his time
  • Born in Eisenach where his father taught him to play instruments
  • Learned the organ and became exposed to the works of the leading composers of the time through his older brother
  • Served as a cantor at the prestigious St. Thomas School in Germany until his death
• Bach's musical works

  • The Art of Fugue
  • A musical Offering
  • Brandenburg Concertos
• George Frideric Handel


  • An internationally acclaimed composer of the baroque period
  • Born in Halle, Germany
  • Took lessons in the organ and the harpsichord from Friedrich Wilhem Zachow
  • Appointed as cathedral organist in Halle at 18
  • Decided to settle in London where he became the most important composer
  • Died in 1759