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Antiquity and Middle Ages

1. Antiquity and Middle Ages. Antiquity: Greece Middle Ages Dance in Antiquity and Middle Ages To sum up. Book Index. 1. Antiquity and Middle Ages 1. Antiquity: Greece. Music in Greece. Divine origin , magical powers and an essential discipline in education. Characteristics

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Antiquity and Middle Ages

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  1. 1 Antiquity and Middle Ages • Antiquity: Greece • Middle Ages • Dance in Antiquity and Middle Ages • To sum up Book Index

  2. 1 Antiquity and Middle Ages1. Antiquity: Greece Music in Greece Divineorigin, magicalpowers and anessential discipline in education • Characteristics • The concept of music encompasses music, poetry and dance. • Monodictexturewithheterofonic • accompaniment. • Modal scales. • Alphabeticnotation and metricalfeet. aulos salpinx lyre zills

  3. 1 Antiquity and Middle Ages2. Middle Ages2.1. Religious vocal music: theGregorianchant Gregorianchant • Characteristics • Vocal music destined for the liturgy • Text in Latin • Monodictexture • Rhythmis free • Notation: neumes • Singingstyles: • Syllabic • Neumatic • Melismatic • Eightmodesor modal scales. History 313. Emperor Constantine granted freedom of religious worshipforChristians. 590 – 640. Pope Gregory the Great. Unification and difussionof Christian singing.

  4. 1 Antiquity and Middle Ages2. Middle Ages2.2. Secular vocal music: troubadours Troubadours Poets-musicians, generallyof noble birth. • Characteristics • Secular vocal music • Courtlylove • Vernacularlanguages • Monodictexturewithheterophonicaccompaniment • Markedrhythm • Gregorian modal scales • History • South of France • 11thcentury • ExpandedthroughoutEurope • Songscollected in luxuriouslydecoratedsongbooks

  5. 1 Antiquity and Middle Ages2. Middle Ages2.2. Secular vocal music: troubadours Spain: Cantigas • TheCantigas of Santa María • 417 songswritten in Galician-Portuguese and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. • Gathered at the court of King Alfonso X the Wise whocouldhavecontributed as anauthor. • The cantigas are preserved in fourcodicesdecoratedwithluxuriousminiatures.

  6. 1 Antiquity and Middle Ages2. Middle Ages2.3. Thebirthofpolyphony Birthofpolyphony

  7. 1 Antiquity and Middle Ages3. Dance in Antiquity and Middle Ages Dance in Antiquity and the Middle Ages • Accompaniment and celebrationof social events • Accompaniedby a greatvarietyofinstruments • Greece • Fundamental role in society and education • Rome • Includesinging and dancing in theirtheatricalspectacles • Christianity • Triedtoeliminate dance, associatedwith pagan rites • Profane celebrationswerestillaccompaniedby dances • 12thcentury • Estampie: genericname • Monodictexture • Structured in puncta (phrases) which are repeated

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