MEDIEVAL PERIOD

• Medieval Period


  Also known as middle age or dark age, it started with the fall of the Roman Empire, focus around the church, religious music
• Music were created for

  • Nobleman
  • Knights
  • Priest
• Gregorian Chant


  It is credited after Pope Gregory I the Great
• Characteristics of Gregorian Chant

  • Used NEUMS in notation
  • Official music of church
  • Sacred in text
  • Used Latin text
  • MONOPHONIC
  • FREE METER
• Secular Music


  Music that is not bound in religious tradition
• Troubadours


  Performers of secular music
• Characteristics of Troubadour Music

  • Monophony
  • Originated in France
  • Improvised accompaniment
  • Chivalry and court love