Composers
This Italian monk created the 4 lines on which to write music.
Who is Guido de Arezzo?
This type of music is a monophonic sung prayer in Latin.
What is plainchant or Gregorian chant?
The flute-like instrument used as a tool in music education and "beloved" by parents and small dogs everywhere :)
What is a recorder?
These traveling singers performed in the streets of the villages they visited.
What are troubadors?
This is what the church offered and why it was important during the Dark Ages.
What is civility and stability?
This composer created the "ligature" as a way to show rhythm.
Who was Leonin?
This is the type of music that is used for religious settings.
What is sacred music?
The type of organum with one sustained note to help singers stay in the correct key.
What is a drone?
The texture used in this song
What is monophonic?
These Latin terms mean "old art" and "new art."
What are Ars Antiqua and Ars Nova?
This female composer and nun was one of the first women to compose music for the church. She specialized in monophonic music.
Who was Hildegard von Bingen?
This type of music is a single melody played or sung with no accompaniment or harmony.
What is monophony?
A string instrument that uses a crank and rotating cylinder.
What is a hurdy-gurdy?
The texture used in this song
What is polyphonic?
This is the Medieval and Renaissance word for a small group of musicians.
What is a consort?
Not much is known about this composer who worked at the Notre Dame Cathedral and included up to four voices.
Who was Perotin?
This type of music is used for non-religious purposes.
What is secular music?
An early guitar-like instrument that had 8 strings and was particularly useful to the Troubadors.
What is the lute?
This was the set of wars that attempted to reclaim the Holy Land.
What are The Crusades?
This type of polyphony can be done with two parallel voices (high and low) or with a drone.
What is organum?
His motets stand out for their changing rhythms, longer lengths, and integration of sacred and secular texts.
Who was Machaut?
This music has two or more independent melodies played or sung simultaneously.
What is polyphony?
This was written above the words to help monks remember melodies for chants.
What are neumes or "squiggles"?
These years begin and end the Medieval Period.
What are 500-1400?
Who is Jacopo Peri?