Teaching for Secondary Schools - Medieval & Renaissance

What are the dates of the medieval period?

500 CE - 1400 CE

plain chant

repertoire of monophonic religious melodies for public worship

monophony

single melodic line without harmony

nuemes

earliest form of pitch notation, written above Latin text

organum

two voices

parallel organum

two voices, where one is a P4/P5 above/below the other

free organum

two voices, where is more melismatic and the other is holding a long note

instruments of the medieval era

dulcimer, lyra

what are the two categories of medieval modes?

authentic and plagal

troubadours/trouveres

12th & 13th century French poet-composers of secular music

Pope Gregory

pope from 560-640, known for reform of Roman worship and credited with standardizing plain chant

Leonin

12th century French composer known for Magnus liber organi (big book of polyphony)

Hildegard von Bingen

12th century female German composer of sacred music, known for highly melismatic music and liturgical drama

Machut

14th century French composer, lead Ars Nova style, wrote mostly secular polyphonic motets

What is Phillipe de Vitry noted for?

Coining the term "Ars Nova" in his treatise of music theory in the 14th century of the same name, introduced mensural notation to notate rhythm

polyphony

multiple melodic/harmonic lines

Ars Nova

"New Art", period in the 14th century of musical innovation in rhythmic notation, polyphony, and instruments

What are the dates of the Renaissance period?

1400 -1600

What are some instruments of the Renaissance period?

lute, sackbut, harpsichord, viol de gamba