lesson 1

• Unit 1 focuses on the music of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods
• Countries mentioned

  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Austria
• The learner demonstrates an understanding of basic concepts and processes in music and art through appreciation, analysis and performance
• The learner demonstrates understanding of salient features of music and art of the Philippines and the world
• The learner demonstrates understanding of salient features of Western music and the arts from different historical periods
• The learner demonstrates understanding of the characteristic features of the music of the medieval, the renaissance and the baroque periods
• Gregorian Chant


  A type of music from the Medieval Era mainly used in the early Christian church
• Renaissance music


  • Imitative polyphony
• Baroque Period


  • Grand and elaborate ornamentation
• Music evolved alongside man's constant quest for growth and development
• Music is timeless
• Items to classify according to historical period

  • Gregorian Chants
  • Mass
  • Fugue
  • Concerto Grosso
  • Troubadour Music
  • Oratorio
  • Madrigal
  • Chorale
• The Medieval period is also known as the Middle Ages or "Dark Ages"
• The Medieval period started with the fall of the Roman Empire
• Monophonic plainchant


  Named after Pope Gregory I, who made this the approved music of the Catholic Church
• Pope Gregory's action made monophonic plainchants popular
• Gregorian Chants were originally transmitted orally
• Scholars agreed to put Gregorian Chants in notation to assist dissemination across Europe
• Characteristics of Gregorian Chants

  • Monophonic
  • Free meter
  • Modal
  • Usually based on Latin liturgy
  • Use of Neume notation
• The Introit Gaudeamus Omnes is scripted in square notation
• Introit Gaudeamus Omnes


  14th century - 15th century
• During the latter part of the Medieval Period, secular music emerged
• Troubadour Music


  • Usually monophonic
  • Sometimes with improvised accompaniment
  • Tells of chivalry and courtly love
  • Originated in France
  • Written in the French language
• Adam de la Halle was a famous composer of the Medieval Period
• Adam de la Halle was also known as Adam le Bossu (Adam the Hunchback)
• Adam de la Halle was the son of a well-known citizen of Arras, Henri de la Halle
• Adam de la Halle received his education at the Cistercian Abbey of Vaucelles
• Adam de la Halle was destined for the church but he eventually married
• His patrons were Robert II, Count of Artois, and Charles of Anjou
• Adam de la Halle was one of the oldest secular composers
• His musical play, "Jeu de Robin et Marion" was considered the earliest surviving secular French play with music
• Works of Adam de la Halle

  • Le Jeu de Robin et de Marion
  • La Chanson du roi de Sicile
• The term "Renaissance" comes from the word "renaitre" which means "rebirth", "revival", and "rediscovery"
• The Renaissance Period is a period of "looking back" to the Golden Age of Greece and Rome
• The invention of printing in the 1400's paved the way for a wide distribution of renaissance compositions
• Renaissance music became popular as entertainment and activity for amateurs and the educated
• Lute was the prominent instrument of the renaissance era
• The influence of the Roman Catholic Church started to decline during the Renaissance
• This era was known as the "golden age" of a capella choral music
• Characteristics of Renaissance Music include mostly polyphonic and imitation among the voices