Middle Ages Part 1
The phrase Middle Ages refers to the period of European history spanning _____________.
What is 450-1450?
Because of this, the church frowned upon the use of musical instruments.
What is their earlier role in pagan rites?
Gregorian chant is described to have this kind of texture.
What is monophonic?
These are considered the basic scales of Western music during the Middle Ages.
What are the church modes?
French secular songs of the Middle Ages often concerned these three topics: the Crusades, dancing, and of course this heart felt emotion.
What is love?
In the Middle Ages, the most important musicians were __________.
Who are priests?
What we know about instruments in church comes mainly from ________________.
What are pictures and literary descriptions of the day?
The Second Vatican Council of 1962 decreed that services should be rendered in this, which is why Gregorian chant is seldom heard today.
What is the native language of each country?
Translated to "praise ye the Lord" this word is the 'Latinized' form of its Hebrew predecessor and is often used in Gregorian chants
These events took place in castles, taverns, and town squares; here you could hear instrumental dances performed by the lowest level of society on harps, fiddles, and lutes.
What are wandering minstrels?
A virtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages was held by ______________.
Who are monks in monasteries?
This was the most commonly used instrument of the time.
What is the voice?
Gregorian chant melodies tend to move in this fashion.
What is stepwise?
She is noted as the first female composer, she also served as the Abbess of the convent at Rupertsberg.
Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
A ___________ can be defined as two simultaneous tones, repeated at the interval of a fifth.
What is a drone?
What institution was the center of musical life?
What is the church?
The church believed that music should only be used as this, during religious services.
What is discreet accompaniment?
This ruler is accredited with the reorganization of the Catholic church during his reign from 590 to 604.
Who is Pope Gregory the Great?
This is a chant used as the basis for polyphony.
What is cantus firmus?
These two are accredited with writing the earliest music known to have measured rhythm.
Who are Leonin and Perotin?
Church officials expected monks to sing with these two qualities.
What is proper pronunciation and tone quality?
This type of music was the official music of the Roman Catholic church for more than 1,000 years. It is set to sacred Latin text and retained some of the elements of the Jewish synagogue.
What is Gregorian chant?
Monks and nuns sang at two types of services one being referred to as 'the office' and the other as ___________.
What is the mass?
This group is accredited with composing the first large body of secular songs that survived and were decipherable.
Who are French nobles called troubadours?
List the 5 parts of the Mass Ordinary.
What are the Gloria, Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, and Credo?