Middle Ages

Definition: Overlapping parts with complex rhythms

Definition: 2+ parts sounding like one

History: The church chose...

History: What was the big change at the beginning of the middle ages?

History: When Rome fell Europe changes from one big nation to what?

History: People had to pay taxes to the church.

Fun Fact: Who was the only female composer we studied from the middle ages?

Listening: Which composers wrote secular music?

Definition: Learning music through call and response

History: What was the fight that marked the end of the middle ages called?

Fun Fact: Was secular music more popular at the beginning or the end of the middle ages?

History: Why did the middle ages end?

Fun Fact: Which composer invented notation?

Fun Fact: Who is considered the greatest composer of the 14th century?

Fun Fact: What is the earliest style of music from the middle ages?

Listening: Church music is in Latin

History: The church often had more power than the King.

Definition: In the common language

History: Which classes are in the middle of the Medieval class system?

History: What were the poor conditions at the end of the middle ages?

History: When Rome fell everyone continued to be catholic.

Definition: Not related to the church/religion

Definition: A form of writing music

History: The Catholic church could influence/change laws in the Middle Ages.

Listening: Which composers wrote sacred music?

History: The Catholic church is seen as _______ the class system.

Fun Fact: What was Hildegard Von Bingen famous for when she was alive?

Definition: 1 unaccompanied melody

Definition: Unison unaccompanied song of the church

Fun Fact: Ms. Kolk loves Medieval music.

Definition: 2+ parts playing different notes at the same time

Listening: Music with instruments is usually sacred.

History: What was the pandemic that ended the middle ages?

History: The church paid taxes to the King.

History: What is a Papal Schism?

Fun Fact: Which composer invented solfege?

Definition: Without instruments

Fun Fact: Which composer from the middle ages was Pope from 540-604?

Definition: Adds 1+ parts to an already existing chant

Definition: With instruments or background music

Definition: 2+ overlapping parts/different melodies

History: The medieval times started in _ _ _ and ended in _ _ _ _.

Definition: Related to Religion