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450 – 1450 A.D.
Middle Ages

• Around 450 the Roman Empire began
to disintegrate.
• This was the beginning of the “dark
ages”.
• Life was hard and full of migrations,
upheavals, and wars.
• In the later Middle Ages churches
and monasteries were constructed,
towns grew, universities were
founded.
• This was a time of three social classes:

• NOBILITY
• PEASANTRY
• CLERGY
NOBILITY

• Nobles were
sheltered within
castles surrounded
by moats.
• The men were
often knights
during war time.
• In peace time,
they amused
themselves with
hunting, feasting,
and tournaments.
Peasants

• Peasants – the majority of people –
lived miserably in one-room huts.
• Many were serfs, bound to the soil
and subject to feudal overlords.
• Homes were damp and cold. The
entire family shared two rooms.
• For protection, there were no
windows.
Clergy

• Monks in monasteries held a
monopoly on learning; most people –
including the nobility – were illiterate.
• The church was the center of musical
life.
• Musicians were priests and worked for
the church.
• An important occupation in
monasteries was liturgical singing.
• Women were not allowed to sing in
the church.
Cathedrals
Music in the Middle Ages

• Most medieval music was vocal.
• The church frowned on instruments.
• Around 1100, however, instruments
were used increasingly in church.
• The organ was most prominent.
• At first it was primitive and could only
be played by hitting it with your fist.
• It was so loud that it could be heard
for miles around.
Organ

Organ
from
the
900s.
Gregorian Chant

• The music of the church was
Gregorian chant.
• It is a single line (no harmony) sung by
many to convey a calm quality.
• It represents the church.
• It has flexible rhythm, without meter,
and little sense of beat.
• Exact rhythm is uncertain, because
precise time values were not notated.
• Free-flowing rhythm gives the chant a
floating, improvisational feeling.
• The melodies moved by step and
were sung in Latin, the language of
the church.
• At first, the melodies were passed on
by tradition, but as the numbers grew
to the thousands, they were notated
to ensure uniformity.
• The earliest manuscripts were from
the 800s.
The
composers
of
Gregorian
chant
remain
almost
completely
unknown.
Secular Music

• Besides Gregorian chant in the
church, there was much music
outside of the church, too.
• The first music that has survived in
notation was composed during the
twelfth and thirteenth centuries by
French nobles called troubadours.
• Many of the songs they sang have
been preserved because nobles had
clerics write them down.
• Some 1,650 melodies have been
preserved.
• During the Middle Ages, wandering
minstrels performed music and
acrobatics in castles, and towns.
• They had no civil rights and were on
the lowest social level. It was a tough
life.
• Without newspapers, the music of the
minstrels was an important source of
information.
• For centuries music had just a single
melodic line.
• But sometime around 700 – 900 monks
began to add a second melodic line
to Gregorian chant.
• At the beginning, it was usually
improvised.
• Listeners at that time must have been
surprised!
Churches
were getting
more
elaborate as
was the
music in the
church.
Polyphonic Music

• Polyphonic music (music with more
than one part) was developed mainly
in Paris at the Cathedral of Notre
Dame.
• Using precise rhythms, this was the first
time in music history that notation
indicated precise rhythms as well as
pitches.
• Soon music had more than two
voices. Music with three parts began
to develop, although the range was
still small and hollow sounding.
Fourteenth Century

• Secular music became more
important in the lives of the people in
the 1300s.
• This was due to many factors
including the Hundred Years’ War, the
black plague (which destroyed ¼ of
the population of Europe), the
weakening of the feudal system, and
the fighting of the Popes in the
Catholic church.
• The changes in musical style were so
many that this era was named the
time of “new art”.
Guillaume de Machaut

• Guillaume de Machaut was a priest,
but spent most of his life working with
the noble families of France.
• Machaut travelled to many courts
and presented beautifully decorated
copies of his music to the nobles.
• Because of this, his music has survived
for us to enjoy today.
• This piece you are hearing (The Agnus
Dei) is possibly the finest composition
known from the Middle Ages.
Agnus Dei

• This piece is from a Mass, which is a
sacred piece of music.
• It is written in four voices, some of
which are doubled by instruments.
• The Agnus Dei is a prayer for mercy
and peace and is solemn and
elaborate.
• It is in triple meter.
• This piece is based on Gregorian
Chant, but you can hear how much
this idea has developed.
Agnus Dei

• Like the chant it is based on, it has
three sections.
• The form for this piece is: A B A
• In Machaut’s time, music was meant
to appeal to the mind – as well as to
the ear!
• Although this sounds so different to us
today, it is pleasing to our ears.
Notre Dame
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Music in the Middle Ages

  • 2. Middle Ages • Around 450 the Roman Empire began to disintegrate. • This was the beginning of the “dark ages”. • Life was hard and full of migrations, upheavals, and wars. • In the later Middle Ages churches and monasteries were constructed, towns grew, universities were founded.
  • 3. • This was a time of three social classes: • NOBILITY • PEASANTRY • CLERGY
  • 4. NOBILITY • Nobles were sheltered within castles surrounded by moats. • The men were often knights during war time. • In peace time, they amused themselves with hunting, feasting, and tournaments.
  • 5. Peasants • Peasants – the majority of people – lived miserably in one-room huts. • Many were serfs, bound to the soil and subject to feudal overlords. • Homes were damp and cold. The entire family shared two rooms. • For protection, there were no windows.
  • 6. Clergy • Monks in monasteries held a monopoly on learning; most people – including the nobility – were illiterate. • The church was the center of musical life. • Musicians were priests and worked for the church. • An important occupation in monasteries was liturgical singing. • Women were not allowed to sing in the church.
  • 8. Music in the Middle Ages • Most medieval music was vocal. • The church frowned on instruments. • Around 1100, however, instruments were used increasingly in church. • The organ was most prominent. • At first it was primitive and could only be played by hitting it with your fist. • It was so loud that it could be heard for miles around.
  • 10. Gregorian Chant • The music of the church was Gregorian chant. • It is a single line (no harmony) sung by many to convey a calm quality. • It represents the church. • It has flexible rhythm, without meter, and little sense of beat. • Exact rhythm is uncertain, because precise time values were not notated. • Free-flowing rhythm gives the chant a floating, improvisational feeling.
  • 11. • The melodies moved by step and were sung in Latin, the language of the church. • At first, the melodies were passed on by tradition, but as the numbers grew to the thousands, they were notated to ensure uniformity. • The earliest manuscripts were from the 800s.
  • 13. Secular Music • Besides Gregorian chant in the church, there was much music outside of the church, too. • The first music that has survived in notation was composed during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries by French nobles called troubadours. • Many of the songs they sang have been preserved because nobles had clerics write them down. • Some 1,650 melodies have been preserved.
  • 14. • During the Middle Ages, wandering minstrels performed music and acrobatics in castles, and towns. • They had no civil rights and were on the lowest social level. It was a tough life. • Without newspapers, the music of the minstrels was an important source of information.
  • 15. • For centuries music had just a single melodic line. • But sometime around 700 – 900 monks began to add a second melodic line to Gregorian chant. • At the beginning, it was usually improvised. • Listeners at that time must have been surprised!
  • 17. Polyphonic Music • Polyphonic music (music with more than one part) was developed mainly in Paris at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. • Using precise rhythms, this was the first time in music history that notation indicated precise rhythms as well as pitches. • Soon music had more than two voices. Music with three parts began to develop, although the range was still small and hollow sounding.
  • 18. Fourteenth Century • Secular music became more important in the lives of the people in the 1300s. • This was due to many factors including the Hundred Years’ War, the black plague (which destroyed ¼ of the population of Europe), the weakening of the feudal system, and the fighting of the Popes in the Catholic church. • The changes in musical style were so many that this era was named the time of “new art”.
  • 19. Guillaume de Machaut • Guillaume de Machaut was a priest, but spent most of his life working with the noble families of France. • Machaut travelled to many courts and presented beautifully decorated copies of his music to the nobles. • Because of this, his music has survived for us to enjoy today. • This piece you are hearing (The Agnus Dei) is possibly the finest composition known from the Middle Ages.
  • 20. Agnus Dei • This piece is from a Mass, which is a sacred piece of music. • It is written in four voices, some of which are doubled by instruments. • The Agnus Dei is a prayer for mercy and peace and is solemn and elaborate. • It is in triple meter. • This piece is based on Gregorian Chant, but you can hear how much this idea has developed.
  • 21. Agnus Dei • Like the chant it is based on, it has three sections. • The form for this piece is: A B A • In Machaut’s time, music was meant to appeal to the mind – as well as to the ear! • Although this sounds so different to us today, it is pleasing to our ears.