Composers
This pope developed plainchant that was used in the Catholic Church services.
Who is Pope Gregory I?
This is the total number of years of the Middle Ages.
What is 1000 (450-1450)?
The earliest texture of the Gregorian chant with only 1 sung line.
What is monophonic?
This architectural style was "earthy" with thick, heavy walls with towers.
What is Romanesque?
What are monks?
Known for being an influential religious leader, artist, poet, scientist, and musician in the Middle Ages.
Who is Hidegard of Bingen?
The three social divisions of the era.
What is clergy, peasantry, nobility.
This song title translated to "Day of Wrath."
What is the "Dies Irae"?
This architectural style was complex with tall spires, rose windows, and flying buttresses.
What is Gothic?
Only vocal music was permitted in the church. Therefore, these musical items were not permitted in worship.
What are instruments?
The French composer that emerged as the most important for the first polyphonic setting of the Mass.
Who is Machaut?
This class was the primary source who monopolized on education.
Who are clergy?
The earliest form of music that was most often sung in worship.
What is chant?
These statues were believed to have come to life at night to keep bad spirits away.
What are gargoyles?
If you had no hereditary connection to the Catholic Church, being placed here might have been an avenue for your inclusion of the church.
What is an orphanage?
Many composers were given this "generic" name as most go unknown.
Who is anonymous?
Traveling sing-songwriters who accompanied themselves with instruments and wrote secular music.
What are troubadours?
The most important service of the medieval Catholic worship that changed based on the liturgical calendar (ordinary or proper).
What is the mass?
These secular performers were musicians, jugglers, and acrobats, considered on the same level as prostitutes and slaves.
What are minstrels/jongleurs?
The only kind of music you would sing IN the Catholic Church.
What is sacred?
This composer was nicknamed "School of Notre Dame" as he and Perotin added multiple lines of music introducing organum.
Who is Leonin?
This is the artistic capital toward the middle of the Middle Ages.
What is Paris, France?
The 5 sung prayers of the mass oridnary
What is Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus & Agnus Dei?
Generations were always trying to achieve and be like this former dynasty.
Who is Rome?
This "occupation" was a complete devotion to God and the church pledging a life of poverty and chastity for a woman.
What is a nun?