People to Know
She was the earliest known female composer of the Medieval era.
Hildegard von Bingen
This era in time is the longest time period in comparison to other music eras.
Middle Ages / Medieval
This form of music is essentially Musical prayer or praise.
This man wrote many letters of Evangelization
St. Paul
This person is responsible for translating many Greek ideas and philosophies into Latin
Boethius
This was a very popular subject for Medieval art and music due to most patrons being church leaders.
Sacred
Most early music was of this texture which only had 1 melody.
Monophonic
These two wrote the Homily on the First Psalm and an Exposition of Psalm 41
St. Basil and St. John Chrysostom
This man was crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the year 800 AD
Charlemagne
This city was the capital of the Eastern Empire for over 1000 years
Byzantium
The creation and use of these notes allowed songs to be written down for the first time and share.
Neumes
He started a monastery and wrote a Rule that his monks still follow today
St. Benedict
This individual of the church is credited with collecting plainchant songs for the Catholic Church.
Pope Gregory
This was the first of three renaissances in the Medieval era and encouraged a resurgence of learning and creativity
Carolingian Renaissance
This Medieval form of music used plainchant melodies and simple harmonies such as drones which made it sound similar to organ music.
Organum
This person formed the idea of the 7 Liberal Arts, which include grammar, logic, rhetoric, geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, and music
Martianus Capella
This man created the solfege system of singing and greatly influenced early forms of music notation.
Guido de'Arezzo
This was the only place to get a formal music education during the Middle Ages.
The Church
This is the first kind of notation for sacred music and is Adiastematic
St. Gall Notation
Gallen Notation
Alcuin of York