1 / 11

The Middle Ages

The Middle Ages. Secular Music. Minstrels. Court musicians and entertainers were at the base of society’s ladder Their musical talents were not as revered as our modern musicians Much of their music was not recorded because it was passed along orally from musician to musician.

oliver
Download Presentation

The Middle Ages

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Middle Ages Secular Music

  2. Minstrels • Court musicians and entertainers were at the base of society’s ladder • Their musical talents were not as revered as our modern musicians • Much of their music was not recorded because it was passed along orally from musician to musician

  3. Music was rarely the main event of the evening • Rather, it was used to accompany activities such as feasts, dances, festivals, weddings, etc.

  4. Estampie • The estampie is a type of medieval dance and is one of the earliest surviving forms of instrumental music • Only the main melody was notated and the rest was often improvised by the minstrels • All estampie are in triple meter and have a fast driving beat. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j63CoxdpoKo

  5. Chanteraipor moncoraige • A ballade from the 1200’s • Tells the lengthy story of knightly courage and battle • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xf6zv4hNK8

  6. Troubadours & Trouveres Aristocratic poets/musicians

  7. Troubadours & Trouveres • The 1st large body of secular songs that survive with decipherable notation was composed during the 12th and 13th centuries by French nobles who took an interest in poetry and music • Troubadours = Northern France • Trouveres = Southern France

  8. Troubadours & Trouveres • Some of the most well know of these poet/musicians were; • Guillame IX, Duke of Aquitaine (Southern France) • Chastelain de Couci (Northern France) • Beatriz de Dia (Female, Southern France) • Around 1,650 of these Troubadour melodies exist today because the nobles had clerics record and preserve them.

  9. Troubadours & Trouveres • The primary topic of these songs is love. • Only the monophonic melody was notated • Instrumental accompaniment was improvised • The notation does not define any specific rhythm, but it is likely that they had a regular meter that the followed • Thus they differed from the free, non-metrical rhythm of Gregorian Chant.

  10. Guillame IX, Duke of Aquitaine • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZHLMdQ9vTM • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA08swOhAeA

  11. Beatriz de Dia • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zah4VWPiNE

More Related