Most music from the medieval period has been lost, but what remains from this time is very calm and soothing. During the Middle Ages, music was often played at weddings and holidays to set a romantic mood, but it was rarely written down and instead passed down by memory. Various instruments were used including the flute, recorder, harp, and pipes. Troubadours and minstrels traveled to perform songs of chivalry and courtly love while accompanying themselves on instruments like the harp. Some notable composers from this era include Guido d'Arezzo and Hildegard von Bingen.

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2. • Longest and most remote musical period
• Most of the music from this period has been lost, but
what has been saved is very calm and soothing.
• There are a lot of composers from this time period that
didn’t sign their work; they were told that if they did God
would be mad at them.
• During the Middle Ages, most music wasn’t written
down, but played by memory.

3. • Weddings- Lovers’ music for a romantic atmosphere
• Called Chivaree
• Birthdays
• Special days and parties
• Mayday- had a specially-prepared, high-pitched music
• Holidays
• During and between meals

4. • Flute- wooden not metal
• Recorder
• Gemshorn- is like a recorder by having finger holes
• Gitten
• Rote
• Pipes
• Harp
• viol

5. • Troubadours- traveling musicians
• Theme of music is Chivalry and Courtly love
• Trouveres- nobler birth and finer imagination
• The Minstrels- an order of men who earned a living by
arts of poetry and music
• Sang and accompanied by a harp
• Jongleurs- assistants

6. • Minnesingers- singers of love songs
• Waits- alerted them when the music got to loud

7. • Guido de Arezzo
• John Dunstable
• Hilhegard von Bingen
• Leonel Power

8. • http://www.medieval-life.net/music.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_music
• http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-
music/musicians.htm
• http://musiced.about.com/od/middleages/tp/MedievalCom
posers.htm
• Google images