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Middle Ages and Renaissance Music

Dive into the musical world of the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods, exploring elements, composers, and significant historical events. Discover Gregorian chant, secular music, renowned composers, and key facts defining each era.

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Middle Ages and Renaissance Music

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  1. Middle Ages and Renaissance Music 7th Grade Exploring Music

  2. Part 1a: The Middle Ages Dates and Other Facts • 500 – 1500 • Middle Ages also known as “Medieval” • 3 classes of people: nobility, clergy, and peasants • The average peasant lived to be 30 years old and ate black bread and turnips.

  3. Middle Ages Elements and Composers • Gregorian Chant – named after Pope Gregory the Great • Chant or plainsong is monophonic • Composed by anonymous monks • Written on a four line staff • Chanting made it easier for people to memorize their sacred texts and the Mass • Sung in Latin

  4. Middle Ages Secular Music • Non-religious music • Minstrels traveled singing, telling stories, and performing tricks • Songs monophonic • Sung in common language • A few string and percussion instruments were used by the minstrels

  5. Middle AgesHistorical Events • 1003 Viking Leif Ericson is first European to land in North America • 1096 Christian Crusades to the Middle East begin • 1260 Venetian explorer Marco Polo travels to China • 1350 Black Plague kills ½ of Europe • Custom Timelines… • More…

  6. Giotti

  7. Architecture

  8. Middle Ages Composers • Composers: • Gregorian Chant (written by monks) • Guillaume de Machaut • Hildegard of Bingen • Leonin • Perotin • Adam de la Halle • List of Other Composers

  9. Middle Ages Examples • Listen to CDs • Other cool websites students have found??? • Essentials of Music - research periods and composers • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpQ5HtN-ASk&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIvrWFKwv0M • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7vkBTc_x_A

  10. Part 1b: RenaissanceDates and Composers • 1400 – 1600 • Thomas Morley from England • Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina from Italy

  11. Renaissance Elements • Polyphony - many melody lines • Old instruments – lute, recorder, viol, sackbut and shawm pictured above. More… • Madrigal – Secular songs with no instruments (poetic) • Did not have the same rules for harmony as Bach

  12. Renaissance Historical Events • Gutenberg invents printing press in Germany More… • Columbus explores • Shakespeare writes Romeo & Juliet • Council of Trent

  13. Renaissance Other Facts • Renaissance means Re-Birth • Rise of the Middle Class

  14. Jan van Eyck

  15. Raphael

  16. Leonardo Da Vinci

  17. The School of Athens - fresco by Raffaello Sanzio

  18. Renaissance Composers • Guillaume Dufay • Josquin Des Prez • Orlandus de Lassus • William Byrd • John Dowland (lute) • Giovanni Gabrieli (brass) • List of Other Composers

  19. Renaissance Examples • Listen to CDs • Other cool websites students have found??? • http://www.mrdowling.com/ • http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/ren/index.htm • http://www.mrdowling.com/704renaissance.html • http://www.wwnorton.com/college/music/grout7/part02.htmhttp://www.amazon.com/Giovanni-Gabrieli/dp/B000QJPJ4C/ref=sr_f1_11?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1236698039&sr=101-11

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