History
Medieval Era Dates
500-1500AD
Sacred
Religious
Who was Hildegard?
Nun composer
What happened at the beginning of the Medieval Era?
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Monophonic
1 melody, no harmony
Who wrote the first Morality Play?
Hildegard
What is Feudalism?
Social hierarchy
Polyphonic
What are troubadours?
Traveling musicians
What is the Inquisition?
War for Christianity
Neumes
First notation
Who was Perotin?
Invented polyphony
These 2 things develop in the Medieval Era
Towns and universities
Melisma
What is Organum?
Dron