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WHAT’S POPPING?
 HAVE YOU EVER
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STARTED?
Medieval Music
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MEDIEVAL MUSIC
 “Middle Ages” or “Dark Ages”
 Troubadours, trouveres, and minstrels
influenced Medieval Music.
 “expressed feelings that are difficult to put into
words, and words cannot remain silent.”
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Troubadours Trouveres
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 TROUBADOURS
Southern France

 TROUVERES
Northern France
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Difference between Troubadours,
Minstrels, and Trouveres

 isthat troubadour is an itinerant composer and

performer of songs in medieval europe; a jongleur or
travelling minstrel while trouvere is a medieval lyric
poet using the northern (precursor dialects of modern
french), as opposed to their older, southern example,
the original troubadours, who used langue d’oc
(occitan). 
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TROUBADOUR MUSIC
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Troubadour Music

   The fall of Roman Empire

 Invaded by Barbarian Tribes (Vandals,
Huns, and Visigoths)
 SECULAR MUSIC
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Music that are not bounded by the

traditions of the Church.
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Troubadour Music

   11th and 12th Century

 TROUBADOURS AND TROVERES are
the most famous people that time.
 Monophonic melody
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ADAM DE LA HALLE
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 Became a servant of
a king.
 Self-proclaimed
Genius
 A Master (Maistre) –
completion of some
advance studies.
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 36 Chansons (Trouvere tradition)

 17 Jeux pairs (stanzaic dialogue

between two poets )
 Epic: “Chanson de Geste” (King of
Sicily or Satirical Drama)
 Le Jeu De La Feuille (Pastoral
drama with music)
 Le Jeu De Robin et de Marion
(First Comic opera)
 5 essays and 16 songs with
different forms (Rondeaux)
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GREGORIAN CHANT
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GREGORIAN CHANT

   Named after St. Gregory I

 Monophonic song used by the western
Catholic Church.
 9th and 10th century, it initially became 4,8,
and 12 melodic scales.
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GREGORIAN CHANT
   CENTONIZATION
 Set of musical motifs put together to
create families related chants.
 HEXACHORDS
 Six-note patterns
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GREGORIAN CHANT CHOIR
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NEUMS
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Early form of music notation
 
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ORGANUM

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Multi or several voice collaborations
 

of a Gregorian Chant.
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QUIZ TIME! (1/4 Sheet of paper)

“Identification”
 _____1. Kind of music that are not bound by the traditions of the
Church.
 _____2. Musicians of Northern France.

 _____3. Composer of Le Jeu de Robin et Marion.

 _____4. Musicians of the Southern France.

 _____5. A form of unaccompanied monophonic song by Western

Catholic Church.
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QUIZ TIME! (1/4 Sheet of paper)

 “Discovery Essay” (10 pts.)

Why do you think Gregorian Chant choir did only

permits men and boys to join the group? Explain it only
for 3 sentences.