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The music of the medieval period was largely functional. Will you be getting to see notation of pitch and rhythm being developed. The primary institute for musical production is the church.
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A Roman music theorist and statesman.
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Music theorist known for his system of precise pitch notation that used lines and spaces on a staff similar to modern notation.
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Composer of the first morality play
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Dantes favorite troubadour, and Master of the “difficult“ style.
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Troubadour fluent in many languages.
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The lute is a string instrument resembling a modern Guitar.
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Killed ⅓ of the population
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Famous female troubadour.
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The last of the troubadours. Lived in Spain under Alfonso X.
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Ars Nova notator
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“inside the middle ages” The term airs nova means the new art. In this era showed an increase of complexity of rhythm.
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More than 20 extant motets.
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The leading English composer. Had a constant style of third and sixth that became the Renaissance style.
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The renaissance showed a favoring consonants found it in parallel thirds and sixths. Vocal music still dominated, and vocal polyphony peaked.
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Considered by Martin Luther to be the best composer of his time. Called “the master of the notes.“ French.