MAPEH

Gregorian chant

The gregorian chant (mostly prayer) officeial sacred

music of the roman catholic church

The christian chant is influenced by

Byzantium,encompassing turkey,paletine,and Syrian.

The Hebrew chant.syrian has developed antiphonal

singing
 The gregorian chant has
following characteristics
Usually performed a capella=no instrument song.

Limited range and sung in latin=virce 1 to

10/dominos.

Monophonic texture(single melody)= single tune

Unmetered (does not time signetures)= free-flowing

Conjunct melody(stepping melodic contour with few

skips)
 Secular music of the
medieval period
Secular means not associated with the church or
religion.

They have included love songs that used musical

instrument, such as harp, drums, and bagpipes.

The performers og secular songs are traveling

minstrels.

They entertain feudal courts with their acrobatic

shows, jugglery, and trained animals.
 Secular songs have the following
distinguishing traits, in comparison with
the gregorian chant:

Generally,secular songs are syllabic.

They employ more topics or themes than chant.i they

are mostly in triple meter, unlike the free-flowing
rhythm of chants negative languages are used in
creating the songs, unlike latin used in chant.
 ADAM DE LA HALLE
(1237-1288)
IN FRANCE MEDIEVAL SECULAR SONGS ARE WRITTEN BY POET-
MUSICIANS CALLED TROUBADOURS AND TROUVERES.

ADAM DE LA HALLE WAS BORN IN FRANCE PROBABLY IN 1237

HE NIKENAME IS ADAM OF ARRAS

HE STUDIES THEOLOGY,GRAMMAR,AND MUSIC IN CIRTERCIAN ABBEY

OF VAUCELLES.

HE WAS EVENTUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAMILY OF CHARLS OF

ANJOU,KING OF NAPLES.

CHARLS HE COMPOSED THE MOST FAMOUS OH HIS WORK,LE JEU DE

ROBIN ET MARION.

HE ALSO COMPOSED ANOTHER PLAY,LE JEU DE LA FEUILLEE,WHICH IS

A SATIRICAL DRAMA.
 THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
A.ENGLISH AND THE BURGUNDIAN
MUSIC

FROM CENTRAL FRANCE AND ITALY,THE

MUSICAL ACTIVITY CENTERED IN
ENGLAND,NORTHERN FRANCE,AND
FRANCO-FLEMISH REGION COMPOSERS
FROM ENGLAND DEVIATED FROM THE
MISICAL STYLE SET BY THE MEDIEVAL WAY
OF EXPRESSION.
 THE ENGLISH AND BURGUDIAN
MISIC HAS FOLLOWING
CHARACTIRISTICS:

CHARACTERISTIC SOLO SONGS WITH

INTRUMENTAL ACCOMPANIMENT.

PREVALENT SINGLE MELODY SUPPORTED BY

HARMONIC CHORDS.

DOMINANT THREE-PART COMPOSITIONS

A LOT OF INTERVAL OF THIRD.

 FRANCO-FLEMISH
MUSIC

THE FRANCO-FLEMISH REGION IS ALSO

KNOWN AS NETHERLANDS,FLANDERS OR
THE LOW COUNTRIES.

THE MUSIC TECHNIQUES AND STYLE OF THE

FRANCO-FLEMISH SCHOOL HAS PREVAILED
IN THE LATE FIFTEENTH CENTURY UP TO
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
FRANCO-FLEMISH MUSIC
THERE WAS PREDOMINANCE OF IMITATION.

VOICE PAIRING OR DUET WAS PRACTICED

WIDELY.

COMPOSITONS FOR FOUR VOICE

(SOPRANO,ALTO,TENOR,AND BASS) WERE
COMMON.

THERE WAS BALANCED POLYPHONY-THE

FOUR VOICES HAVE EQUAL IMPORTANCE.
 THE SIXTEENTH
CENTURY
IN THE HISTORY OF WESTER MUSIC,POLYPHONIC
TEXTURE ( TWO OR MORE SIMULTANEOUS LINES
OF INDEPENDENT MELODY) WAS HIGHLY
EXPRESSED DURING THIS PERIOD.

EACH OF THE VOICE PARTS WAS EQUALLY

IMPORTANT.

THE NUMBEROF PARTS OF THE VOCAL

POLYPHONIC WAS COMMONLY FIVE

THE TRIADIC CHORDAL STRUCTURE OF THE

TEXTURE RESULTED IN A VERY FULL SONORITY.
 INSTRUMENT MUSIC OF
THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD
DURING THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD,INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC HAS BEEN CONSIDERED LESS IMPORTANT THAN
VOCAL MUSIC.

THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC GENERALLY REMAINED

WITHIN THE BOUNDS SET BY THE STANDARDS AND STYLE
OF VOCAL PERFOMANCE.

CREATING MUSIC EXTEMPORANEOUSLY PLAYED AN

ESSENTIAL ROLE IN PERFORMING MELODIC
ACCOMPANIMENTS.

THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF MUSICAL

SCORES THAT WERE INTENDED FOR PERFORMING
INSTRUMENTALLY.
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA
PALESTRINA (c.1525-1594)
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RENAISSANCE
COMPOSERS WAS GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA.

HIS FUNDAMENTAL STYLE WAS HAVING AN IMITATIVE

COUNTERPOINT THAT IS BASED LARGELY ON
ELEMENTS FROM THE FRANCO-FLEMISH STYLE.

HIS SENSITIVITY TO IT IS EVIDENT IN HIS USE OF

PICTORIAL IMAGERY AND DEDICATION TO PROPER
WORD ACCENTUATION.

HIS MOST FAMOUS MASSI MISSA PAPAE

MARCELLI,WHICH WAS DEDICATED TO POPE MACELLUS
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