CULTURE/PERIOD PHILOSOPHY ACTIVITIES/PRACTICES MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PROPONENTS/COMPOSERS Medieval Ages Music Timeline (500-1400) Believed that music should make a listener receptive to spiritual thoughts and reflections They allowed music in Christian churches in the form of medieval music that involves chanting Their characteristic of music as based on plainchant improvising with parallel melodies Medieval singers continued experimenting with melodies and polyphony became more elaborate
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Medieval Era (600-1450) I. Music of the Medieval World (“When God saw that many men were lazy‚ and gave themselves only with difficulty to spiritual reading‚ He wished to make it easy for them‚ and added the melody to the Prophet’s words‚ that all being rejoiced by the charm of music‚ should sing hymns to Him with gladness.” -St. John Chrysostom [345-407]. 1:53) * A. Sacred Music (Gregorian Chant) o 1. An assemblage of a body of music into an organized liturgy associated with
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literature‚ philosophy‚ and learning. But most of all the Renaissance will be known for the artistic treasures produced in painting‚ architecture‚ and sculptures. The period had works provided by Leonardo da Vinci whom painted the Mona Lisa‚ the Last Supper‚ Vitruvian Man‚ his self portrait. Leonardo da Vinci was known as the Renaissance man because he could do so many things well. He was a painter‚ architect‚ inventor‚ scientist‚ poet‚ musician‚ and teacher. Michelangelo is known for his works of the
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Music History 1st year midterm notes Chapter V: The Middle Ages and the Evolution of Polyphony Early Middle Ages (5th-10th century) High Middle Ages (11th-13th century) Late Middle Ages (14th-15th century) Composers: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) Songs composed Plainchant Sequence: Comlumba Aspexit About: -german writer‚ composer‚ philosopher‚ christian‚ and visionary -had visions and later recognized as a gift from god. -was sent to the church in god’s service‚ due to her
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other daughter died shortly after birth her name was Carulla. Health and Physiognomy: Sporadic depression and anxiety after his wife’s death; During the last years of his life he was often sick. Personality: Known to be a dramatic composer; Giovanni Maria Artusi‚ a well-known theorist‚ criticized Monteverdi for being a modernist. Career Significant Places: Chorister at The Cremona Cathedral where he studied; Court of Mantua; Court of Vincenzo I of Gonzaga; St. Mark’s in Venice. Employers
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MIDTERM REVIEW SHEET Music 15 – Fall 2013 Date: Thursday‚ October 31 Time: 11:00 am – 12:15 pm (Please be early‚ if possible‚ Value: 40 points (20% of total grade) Format: The exam will consist of listening identification and general knowledge questions‚ definitions‚ and one short answer question. Please bring a black or blue pen. Section One – Listening Identification (15 points) Identification of listening examples from the syllabus (title‚ composer‚ time period‚ genre‚ other elements
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MUSI4813 5/20/09 Music History Synopsis Ancient Greece Major Political events- Much of the written compositions made in this time were destroyed or went missing as the Christian church got rid of pagan influences. Rome was overthrown and Europe went into turmoil and people focused less on music and more on survival. Historical perspective- Aristotle and Plato wrote about music which they believed to have moral and ethical properties essential to the complete education of young students.
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Middle Ages Dates: 450-1450 1. What was going historically during this era? What was life like? The Middle Ages was a time of migrations‚ upheavals‚ and wars. People were divided by three main social classes: nobility‚ peasantry‚ and clergy. 2. Who or what had the power? Nobility 3. Who were learned or literate? Clergy 4. Who were allowed to sing in church? Men and Nuns 5. Most of the music that was notated during the middle ages was sacred or secular? Sacred. But Secular music was
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most difficult to hear PLAY CML Exsultate Deo 1.49 (Palestrina) PLAY CML Gabrieli Canzon 27. PLAY CML Bach: Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus I PLAY CML Haydn‚ Rondo note form (p.128) PLAY CML Mozart Minuet (pp.50-51) PLAY Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (CML#58) – THEME & VARIATIONS Form PLAY Anonymous Kyrie CML PLAY Peritonus Alleluya‚ Nativitas CML PLAY Beatriz de Dia (1175) chantar – strophic song CML (p.60) PLAY Palestrina motet Exsultate Deo CML (pp 78) PLAY Tielman Susato
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Middle Ages Dates: 500-1450 1. What was going historically during this era? What was life like? It was a chaotic period of social and political unrest. Religious and political differences between and within regions led to nearly constant warfare. The life of all the classes was dominated by the feudal system - feudalism. 2. Who or what had the power? The church 3. Who were learned or literate? holy men or people of important status such as kings‚ queens‚ and knights most other people were
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