Musical Terms
A name for religious music.
What is sacred?
Invented solfege, or solfeggio.
Who is Guido de Arezzo?
What type of church ruled in Medieval Europe?
What is Roman Catholic?
Most people lived in this social class in the Medieval period.
What is a peasant?
This food, often used on sandwiches did not come about until the 15th century.
What is bread?
A name for non-religious music.
What is secular music?
Well known female composer.
Who is Hildegard von Bingen?
Plain song is used in church and sung in what language?
What is Latin?
Poverty and _________, which were often very violent, were common in this time.
What is war?
If you were a peasant, you likely picked these to eat.
What are vegetables?
A name for music containing only one line of music.
What is monophonic?
Has a famous chant named after him.
Who is Pope Gregory?
Although frowned upon by the church, this type of music was composed during this time period.
What is secular?
Most life, including the government was ruled by whom in the Medieval Ages?
What is the church?
This food, made of animals, was reserved for the wealthy.
What is meat?
A word that describes music that contains multiple lines of melody.
What is polyphonic?
Invented the Ars Nova.
Who is Phillip DeVitry?
This type of song was used in the church. It had no rhythmic structure or meter.
What is chant or plain song?
This hit Europe during the Middle Ages, causing millions to suffer from sickness.
What is the plague?
This cereal, mentioned in "The Three Little Bears," was likely eaten three times a day in Medieval Europe.
What is porridge?
A name for a common chant or plain song in the Medieval Period.
What is Gregorian chant?
A composer and poet who wrote in Ars Nova style.
Who is Mauchaut?
Unlike modern day America, this did not exist in Medieval Europe.
What is Separation of Church and State
If you lived during the Middle Ages, your average lifespan was this ____.
What is 40 years old?
Depending on how closely you lived to the sea, you would have eaten this ____.
What is fish?