MAPEH 4

• Genres of Medieval music


  • Sacred or religious
  • Secular or non-religious
• Sacred music: Gregorian Chant


  Form of monophonic (melody only) in Western Christianity, standardized by Pope Gregory I
• Secular music: Troubadour Music


  Performed across Europe by poet musicians called "troubadours" (for men) and "trobairitz" (for women), who wandered throughout Europe but were also favored at the courts of nobles
• Characteristics of Renaissance Music


  • Consisting of melody and accompaniment
  • Melodies are blended rather than separated
  • Tone painting
  • Melodies are easier to perform
• Characteristics of Baroque Music

  • Melodies sound elaborate and ornamental
  • One mood was maintained
  • Fugue and binary
  • Rhythms were energetic
  • Replaced by the major/minor system
• Adama dela Halle


  Also known as Adam the Hunchback, composed Jeu de Robin et de Marion (considered to be the earliest surviving non-religious French play with music) and Le jeu Adan
• Giovanni Pierluigi de Pelastrina

  Considered to be a master of music created for the Roman Catholic Church, most of his compositions were sacred music
• Thomas Marley

  Lived at the same time and in the same general area as Shakespeare, his madrigals are light and easy to sing, known today as the foremost member of the English Madrigal School of Music
• Musica Transalpina

  A collection of Italian madrigals with translated English Text
• Johann Sebastian Bach

  Came from a family of musicians, thought to play violin and the Harpsichord by his father, composed fugues, cantatas, and concertos
• Antonio Vivaldi

  Known as the Red Priest because of his red hair, an Italian Baroque composer, Catholic priest and a virtuoso violinist, his most famous piece is the Four Seasons
• George Friedrich Handel

  Remembered for his operas and oratorios, eventually became one of England's favorite composers, his most famous creation is The Messiah, including the well-known "Hallelujah" chorus