Church & Society
This institution controlled most musical life during the Middle Ages.
What is the Church?
Gregorian chant is primarily this texture.
What is monophonic?
For hundreds of years, Western music was this texture.
What is monophonic?
French poet-musicians who wrote about courtly love.
Who are troubadours and trouvères?
Mystic nun who composed chant.
Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
The Middle Ages lasted approximately from this year to this year.
What is 450–1450?
Gregorian chant rhythm does not have this.
What is a clear meter or beat?
Adding a second voice to chant created this.
What is organum?
Minstrels performed in these three locations.
What are castles, taverns, and town squares?
Notre Dame composer known for polyphony.
Who is Perotin?
Women could not sing in church services but could make music in these places.
What are convents?
Medieval music is based on these instead of major/minor scales.
What are church modes?
Around 1200, composers began writing in this multi-voice texture.
What is polyphony?
Secular songs often focused on this theme.
What is courtly love?
Blind Italian secular composer.
Who is Francesco Landini?
Music was passed down this way because notation was limited.
What is oral tradition?
In ars nova, beats could be divided into these two numbers.
What are two and three?
This cathedral school is associated with early polyphony.
What is Notre Dame?
Dance music differed from chant because it had this.
What is a regular, clearly defined beat?
Composer of the Mass of Notre Dame.
Who is Guillaume de Machaut?
The Church discouraged instruments because they were linked to these traditions.
What are pagan rites?
This term means 'new art' in the 14th century.
What is ars nova?
This term means a preexisting chant used in polyphony.
What is cantus firmus?
French secular songs formed one of the first large bodies of music in this category.
What is secular song literature?
Notre Dame composers developed notation showing definite rhythmic values.
What are measured rhythmic values?