LESSON 2LESSON 1
Historical and
Cultural background
Vocal and
Instrumental Music
Composers
LESSON 1
1
Historical and Cultural background
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What have you noticed
from the video clip?
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1. R C H C H U
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2. T I C S L I P O
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3. E O P P
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4. D D M I L E S E G A
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
1
Historical and Cultural background
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (700-1400)
Historical and Cultural Background
❑AlsoknownastheMiddleAgesor
DarkAges.
❑ItstartedwiththefalloftheRoman
Empire.
❑Duringthistime,theChristianChurch
influencedEurope’scultureand
politicalaffairs.
❑DuringtheMiddleAges,classicalcivilization
wastransformedbycontactwiththree
cultures:Germanicinvaders,Christianity,and
Islam.
❑TheWesternvaluesofindividualism,
consensualgovernment,andarecognitionof
religiousdifferencesbegantoemergeduring
theMiddleAges.
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (700-1400)
Historical and Cultural Background
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (700-1400)
Historical and Cultural Background
❑PeopleintheRenaissancenamedtheperiodtheMiddleAges
becauseitwasconsideredaculturallyemptytimethat
separatedtheRenaissancefromtheClassicalpast,whichit
admired.
❑TheMiddleAgesismistakenlythoughtofasaculturally
homogeneousperiod,butthisperiodcontainsmanydifferent
kindsofpeopleofmanydifferentcultures.
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (700-1400)
Historical and Cultural Background
❑AstheMiddleAgesdeveloped,theCatholic
Churchgraduallyextendeditsspiritualand
institutionalauthorityacrossmostofEurope.
❑Althoughtheperiodisoftendescribedasan
“ageoffaith,”thecommitmenttoCatholic
Christianitywasneitheruniformnorlacking
inanunderstandingofitscomplexitiesand
contradictions.
MEDIEVAL PERIOD (700-1400)
Historical and Cultural Background
❑Theperiodisalsodescribedasan
“ageofchivalry.”
❑Thecodeofchivalrystressed
gentility,generosity,concernforthe
powerless,andacapacityfor
experiencingselflessandpassionate
romanticlove.
Other Arts form
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
❑MedievalArtswererepresentedbytheByzantine,Romanesqueand
GothicEra.ByzantineartmadetoglorifytheChristianReligionandto
expressitsmystery.
❑Itwasfilledwithspiritualsymbolismandillustratedaloveof
splendour.
❑ItwasacombinationofEastern(decorativeartforms)andClassical
WesternArt(naturalisticart).
Other Arts form
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
❑Romanesqueartwascharacterizedbyitsvery
vigorousstyleinpaintingandsculpture,lavishly
decoratedmanuscriptsandretainedmanybasic
featuresofRomanArchitecturalstyles.
❑ItwasgreatlyinfluencedbyByzantineArtwitha
highlyinnovativeandcoherentstyle.
❑GothicArtreinforcedsymbolicmeaning.
VIDEO PRESENTATION
REFLECTION
“Music is timeless. Melodies from the past can be still heard today.
Tunes may be played differently in the techno-world, but one thing
never changes, Music will always be part of man’s everyday life.”
Direction:In3-5sentences,answerthepassagebelow.
LESSON 2
Vocal
and
Instrumental Music
of
Medieval Period
Listen to the sample music from the
Medieval and then identify the mood
of the song or how you feel about
each of the songs. Give as many
adjectives as possible to describe the
song or music.
PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY
1. Which music were you familiar
with? Where did you hear it
before?
2. How were you able to come up
with the words that describe the
song just by listening to it?
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
VOCAL MUSIC
OF THE MEDIEVAL
PERIOD
❑Medieval music consists of songs,
instrumental pieces, and liturgical
music from about 500 A.D. to 1400.
❑Medieval music was an era of
Western music, including liturgical
music (also known as sacred) used for
the church, and secular music, non-
religious music.
❑The Medieval music is classified into two
types.
❑The Sacred or religious music and the
secular or non-religious music.
❑Sacred music was written specifically
for use in religious services
❑Secular music was composed for
purposes other than religious.
SACREDMUSIC
❑Gregorian chant is a form of monophonic
religious music in Western Christianity
that accompanied the celebration of
mass and other ritual services.
❑It is named after Pope Gregory I .
❑This vast collection of chants is one of the
oldest music known.
GREGORIAN CHANT
❑In the beginning the chants were learnt
orally.
❑Later, in the 10th century, the first
written repertoire appeared.
❑The earliest notation used symbol called
neumes to indicate tone-movements and
relative duration within each syllable
but not specific pitches of individual
notes.
GREGORIAN CHANT
❑By the 13th century the neumes of
Gregorian chant were usually written in
square notation on a four-line staff with a
clef.
❑Gregorian chant is written in Latin and was
normally sung in unison without
instruments (acapella) so its texture is
monophonic.
❑There isn’t a beat or regular metric accent.
GREGORIAN CHANT
EXAMPLE:
Gregorian chant –
Deum verum
SECULARMUSIC
❑During the latter part of the Medieval
Period, Secular music which was not
bound by Catholic traditions emerged.
❑Most of these songs were performed
across Europe by groups of wandering
poet musicians called Troubadours.
TROUDBADOUR MUSIC
❑Troubadouris the generic term for
poets and minstrelswho flourished in
Southern France and in Northern Italy
from the 11th through the 13th centuries.
❑These artist converted storytelling into
an arts and often entertained huge
crowds at fairs, weddings and other
medieval celebrations.
TROUDBADOUR MUSIC
❑It tells of chivalric values “Honor and
bravery of the knights or cavaliers and
one-sided love or unattainable object of
affection.
❑Troubadour music uses French language
and sometimes performed with
instrumental accompaniment.
TROUDBADOUR MUSIC
EXAMPLE:
Medieval music -
Troubadour love song
MUSICAL ELEMENTS
GREGORIAN CHANT (Sacred Music) TROUBADOUR MUSIC (Secular Music)
MONOPHONIC USUALLY, MONOPHONIC
FREE METER SOMETIMES WITH IMPROVISED
ACCOMPANIMENT
MODAL TELLS OF CHIVALRY AND COURTLY
LOVE
USUALLY BASED ON LATIN LITURGY ORIGINATED IN FRANCE
USE OF NEUME NOTATION WRITTEN IN FRENCH LANGUAGE
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
OF THE MEDIEVAL
PERIOD
INTRODUCTION…
⮚During the Middle Ages, most of the music was vocal and
unaccompanied.
⮚The church wanted to keep music pure and solemn because it was less
distracting.
⮚The oldest Medieval musical instrument was the human voice.
⮚The spread of Christianity in the Dark Ages and the early Medieval
period led to the popularity of hymns and secular songs.
⮚The lutewas a popular instrument used by medieval musicians.
⮚Percussion instruments, drums, cymbals, bells were important.
⮚Organs were used in many churches.
⮚There were also some wind
instruments, horns and flutes.
⮚Some of these instruments are the:
✔Hurdy-Gurdy
✔Zither
✔Recorder
✔Babypipes
✔Cornamuse
✔Bladderpipe
✔Doleimer
✔Zink
✔Serpent.
FAOUS COMPOSERS
OF THE MEDIEVAL
PERIOD
⮚Adam de la Halle
oAdam le Bossu (Adam the Hunchback).
oHe was the son of a well –known citizen
of Arras, Henri de la Halle.
oHe received his education at the
Cistercian Abbey of Vaucelles, near
Cambral. Adam was destined for the
church but he eventually married.
⮚Adam de la Halle
oAdam was one of the oldest secular composers
whose literary and musical works include
chansons and poetic debates.
oHe was a trouvére, poet and musician, whose
literary and musical works include chansons
and jeux-partis (poetic debates) in the style of
the trouveres, polyphonic rondel and motets in
the style of early liturgical polyphony.
⮚Adam de la Halle
oHis musical play, Jeu de Robin et
Marion‖was considered the earliest
surviving secular French play with
music.
In the next slides are videos of the Philippine
version of music used in the Medieval
period. Listen and answer the questions that
follow.
1. How do you describe a Gregorian Chant? Can
you name a song that can be sung in the same
manner?
2. What can you say about the music during the
Medieval period?
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1. Explain briefly the performance practice
of the Medieval, Periods?
2. What was the difference between Sacred
and Secular Music during the Medieval
period?
ESSAY: