
Medieval Music
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Sara Gleason
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Medieval Music
Years: 500-1400
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Vocabulary
Medieval
Hildegard of Bingen
Gregorian Chant - a cappella
Guillaume de Machaut
sacred vs. secular
Instruments: Shawm and Sackbut
Monophonic vs. Polyphonic
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Medieval
The time between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.
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Gregorian Chant
-The Pope is the ruler of the Catholic Church.
-Pope Gregory said a dove came to him and told him that chants should be the only type of music permitted in church at this time.
-These chants were named after Pope Gregory.
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Gregorian Chant
- No instruments were allowed inside the church.
- These chants were a cappella which means only voices and no instruments.
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Multiple Choice
If you went to a Medieval church, what might you hear making music?
trumpet
saxophone
voice
piano
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Hildegard of Bingen
-She was a nun, given to the church by her family.
-She composed the most known MONOPHONIC and SACRED songs of this period.
-These are classified as Gregorian Chants
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Multiple Choice
Hildegard of Bingen was...
a conductor and baker
a piano player from Medieval times
a nun and a composer
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Monophonic
One Voice
There is only one line of music, or one melody. Everyone playing or singing the same pitches.
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Sacred
Music that is religious.
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O Greenest Branch
Hildegard of Bingen
1. O branch of freshest green,
O hail! Within the windy gusts of saints
upon a quest you swayed and sprouted forth.
2. When it was time, you blossomed in your boughs—
“Hail, hail!” you heard, for in you seeped the sunlight’s warmth
like balsam’s sweet perfume.
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O Greenest Branch
- is sacred (about religion)
- is monophonic (one tune or melody)
- a cappella (only voices, no instruments)
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Multiple Choice
An example of a monophonic song would be
everyone singing different things
your favorite song on the radio
everyone singing the same thing
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Polyphonic
Many voices
There are many lines of music, or many melodies. Everyone plays or sings different parts.
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Secular
Music that is not religious.
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Mass of Our Lady
Guillaume de Machaut
Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison
This song is sacred
This song has polyphonic sections and monophonic sections!
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Multiple Choice
An example of a polyphonic song would be
everyone singing different things
a birthday song
everyone singing the same thing
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Shawm
- related to the oboe
- made of wood
- uses a double reed
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Sackbut
- related to the trombone
- brass family
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Multiple Choice
The shawm is related to which modern day instrument?
oboe
trumpet
trombone
piano
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Multiple Choice
The sackbut is related to which modern day instrument?
oboe
trumpet
trombone
piano
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Vocabulary
Medieval
Hildegard of Bingen
Gregorian Chant
Guillaume de Machaut
sacred vs. secular
Instruments: Shawm and Sackbut
Monophonic vs. Polyphonic
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Multiple Choice
The opposite of secular is:
spaghetti
shawm
sacred
shove
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Multiple Choice
The opposite of monophonic is:
polyphonic
polly
sackbut
one voice
Medieval Music
Years: 500-1400
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