Medieval Period
People of this Time
"It's All About Class"
Music Terms
Random Bits and Bobs
100

Year range of the Medieval Period

What is 500 - 1400 A.D.?

100

Gregorian Chant gets its' name from this Pope 

Who is Pope Gregory I?

100
BONUS QUESTION: The minstrels gradually formed these - associations of artisans and merchants within a town/city
What are guilds?
100

Gregorian chant is a form of......

What is sacred music?

100

Hildegard von Bingen experienced these from an early age and waited to tell someone

What are visions?

200

This "genre" of medieval music deals with the church/religion

What is Sacred?

200

This is the nun that Hildegard von Bingen studied under 

Who is Jutta?

200

This was the class consisting of the nobility 

Who is First Class?

200

Plainsong was written down by the monks on four line staves using square note called....

what are neumes?

200

Hildegard's famous composition was 

What is Ordum Virtutum?

300

This wooden instrument is played by wind during this period

What is a pan flute?

300

These people lived in monasteries 

Who are the monks?

300

This class consisted of merchants, doctors, and lower clergy

What is the middle class?

300

These are the 4 main purposes of music in the medieval time 

1. Everyday life 

2. Celebrations and Holidays

3. Religion

4. Story telling

300

Hildegard was around this age when she told people about her visions

What are the forties?

400
This was the common language in sacred music during the medieval period

What is latin?

400

This person was a Music theorist of the Medieval Times 

Who is Guido de Arezzo?

400

This class consisted of peasants 

What is the Third class?

400

Two melodies happening at the exact same time

What is polyphony?

400
This was the most common religion during the medieval period
What is Roman Catholic?
500

Minstrels did this while traveling from castle to castle 

1) singing songs

2) told stories 

3) performed tricks 

500

This benedictine nun was a future saint 

Who is Hildegard von Bingen?

500

Clergy consisted of these two groups 

Who are priests and monks?

500

This was non-religious medieval music. Example: instrumental dance music 

What is secular?

500

This pope permitted Hildegard von Bingen to set her visions to music 

Who is Pope Alexander III?