Aristocratic Music and Dance in MedievalEuropeMusic and the Human Experience with Professor KattariDevelopment of music liturgy and notation- Music liturgy and notation is music written down so that it can be played again- Periods of Developmentso 470 A.D. -800 A.D. – Chants are learned orally and are simple. 800 A.D. – Charlemagne wants to standardize all chantso 900 A.D. – First music notated approximatelyo 1200 A.D.? – Specific pitches are notatedTimeline of Medieval Secular Music- 476 A.D. – 800 A.D. – Early Middle Ages- 1000 A.D. – 1450 A.D. – Late Middle Ageso Troubadours – Court singers in Southern France that sang about courtly love (1100 A.D. – 1300 A.D.) Courtly love – desire for a woman that cannot be consummated because of social status. “Can Vei La Lauzeta Mover” – Bernart Ventadorn (In-class example of troubadour song)o Guillame de Machaut (1300-1377) – famous composer priest that worked for a king (not a troubadour) Composed both sacred and secular songs Known for rondeaus – songs with repeating refrain after stanzasMedieval Instruments- Bowed Strings – viol- Winds – recorder- Plucked Strings – gittern- Struck Strings – dulcimer- Percussion – drumsFirst Notated Instrumental Music (c. 1250)- Estampie – couple dance music to fast triple metero France and Italy during 12th-14th centuriesReview QuestionsWhy don’t we have notated secular music from the EARLY middle ages? It was expensive and tedious to write and record things down.Why do you think we know more about court music than any other type of secular music in the Middle Ages? Because the courts had the time and money to write and record things
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