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Life in Rome started to fall apart. They suffered many attacks and troubles that led to even worse things. In the end, the Roman Empire had fallen.
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Official music of Roman Catholic Church
Melodies set to sacred latin texts
Monophonic
Church modes
No meter
Flexible Rhythms
Narrow Range of Pitches
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The greatest surviving product of these monks is the Book of Kells, a Gospel book of decorative art.
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The King of the Franks, Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. He united much of Western Europe.
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Sung by nuns in Hildegard's Convent In Praise of the holy confessors (successors of Christ). Single melodic line with drone accompaniment. Drone-One or more sustained tones accompanying a melody. Interval of a fifth played on a fiddle
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the history of music because it produced the earliest repertory of polyphonic (multipart) music to gain international prestige and circulation.
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It is the oldest piece of six-part polyphonic music
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The crusaders of the First Crusade captured Jerusalem, killing its Muslim inhabitants. The Crusaders divide their new territories into four principalities.
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A love poem to lover Perrone, a beautiful young noblewoman
Organum: Gregorian Chant with one or more lines
Rondeau (abababab)
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The black death was a horrible plague that swiped across the European region. The plague caused over half of the population to die.
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The English accuses her of being a witch and condemn her for heresy. Joan is publicly burned in the city of Rouen.
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It is regarded as Josquin's most famous motet and one of the most famous pieces of the 15th century.
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Christopher Columbus was an explorer. He tried to find a new passage to India, and he also believed he found this passage. But the truth was, he discovered a New World.
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Henry is most remembered: his six marriages and his break with Rome (which would not allow divorce), leading to the English Reformation.