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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 High Middle Ages 1000 to 1400 CE Organum Polyphonic Musical Notation Composers

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

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

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

Perotin – Alleluya (Navititas)

Notre Dame Polyphony Machaut – 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 Ma-Show

Machaut – Messe de Notre Dame

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

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

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.

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.)

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

Tempus est iocundum (This is the joyful time) From The Carmina Burana “Songs of Beuren” Written in the 13th Century Discovered in 1803 Over 200 songs Lovesick Troubadour Uncontrollable passion

Tempus est iocundum