Composers
Who created the first musical notation system?
Guido de Arezzo
Created for the purpose of honoring a religion
Sacred
A crude version of the modern day recorder
Wooden Flute
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Hildegard von Bingen
Who was the first composer to use a written time signature?
Phillipe de Vitry
Traveling musicians of the Medieval Era
Troubadors
A rounded 6-string instrument with a distinctive sound hole
Gittern
This composer was asked to leave his monastary due to his own success as a teacher.
Guido de Arezzo
Who is famous for his 3 and 4 part polyphonic works?
Perotin
Created for the purpose of entertainment, storytelling, poetry, and/or politics
Secular
Large rounded-body instrument with 5 strings, included a bent neck
Lute
Everything you know about me was written by a singular 13th century student named 'Anonymous IV'
PerotÃn
What material was most commonly used when constructing Medieval Instruments?
Wood
Who is known for creating the cantus firmus and using it throughout entire Masses?
Guillaume Dufay
A singular unaccompanied line or melody, often sung by a singular person
Plainchant
What was often used to make strings in the medieval era?
Guts of an animal, or their muscle fibers.
I was a trusted advisor to multiple French kings
Phillipe de Vitry
What is an example of duple meter?
2/4, 4/4, 6/8
Who was the first recorded female composer?
Hildegard von Bingen
The oldest form of written musical notation
neumes
The primitive version of a tambourine or hand drum
Tabor/Tabir
I composed a piece specifically for the consecration of the Florentine Cathedral
Guillame Dufay
What was the name of the rule that monks and nuns would follow in their lives that ordered them into a life of simplicity?
Benedictine Rule