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Medieval Music

Medieval Music. Musicians. Bards Jongleurs Minstrels Troubadours Minnesinger. Instruments. Vielle (fiddle) Lute (guitar) Hurdy-gurdy Flute Pipe Portative Organ. Hurdy Gurdy. Medieval Music. Dark Ages 600 to 1000 CE Plainchant Monophonic Orally transmitted Anonymous.

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Medieval Music

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  1. Medieval Music

  2. Musicians • Bards • Jongleurs • Minstrels • Troubadours • Minnesinger

  3. Instruments • Vielle (fiddle) • Lute (guitar) • Hurdy-gurdy • Flute • Pipe • Portative Organ

  4. Hurdy Gurdy

  5. Medieval Music Dark Ages • 600 to 1000 CE • Plainchant • Monophonic • Orally transmitted • Anonymous High Middle Ages • 1000 to 1400 CE • Organum • Polyphonic • Musical Notation • Composers

  6. Organum • Religious music • Two or more voices (Polyphonic) • Plainchant is heard as one voice (God) • Tenore, lower voice • Second voice decorates the first (Man) • Duplum, higher voice

  7. Notre Dame Polyphony • First polyphony read from notation • Elaborate, more sophisticated style to go with the new Gothic cathedrals

  8. Notre Dame PolyphonyPerotin – Alleluya (Navititas) What to listen for: • Distinct upper and lower voices • Melismatic (many notes) • Melody is exchanged between upper voices

  9. Perotin – Alleluya (Navititas)

  10. Notre Dame PolyphonyMachaut – Messe de Notre Dame • Guillaume de Machaut was the most important composer of the 14th century • Supported by royal patrons, allowing him to focus on composition

  11. Machaut – Messe de Notre Dame

  12. Pilgrimage Songs • Songs that are religious in subject matter and would be played/sung on pilgrimages.

  13. Non e gran causa • Pilgrimage song • A tale of a pilgrim who sins and then meets the Devil on the road to Santiago • The sinner is being watched over by Mary

  14. Dance Music The Rise of Courtly Culture • The nobility of southern France created an elaborate society centered on the court • Music was an important activity of these courts • The aristocracy took part in the performance and composition of secular works.

  15. La scesa de’ Pastori dal Monte (Descent of the Shepard from the Hill) • Italian • Composed by Andrea Ansalone • Dancers perform while musicians play • As new sections of instruments join the theme, dancers appear on stage as new characters (Dryads, Satyrs, Apes, etc.)

  16. Love Song • One of the most popular forms of music during the Middle Ages. • Troubadours would sing these songs in the hope of earning: • a place to spend the night • the favor of a lady • or both

  17. Tempus estiocundum(This is the joyful time) • From The CarminaBurana • “Songs of Beuren” • Written in the 13th Century • Discovered in 1803 • Over 200 songs • Lovesick Troubadour • Uncontrollable passion

  18. Tempus estiocundum

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