Chapter 9 Slides

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The World of Music
7th
Connect edition
Part 4
Listening to Western
Classical Music
Chapter 9: Music to 1600
Chapter 9: Music to 1600

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Chapter 9: Music to 1600
Greek Roots of Western Music
 Greek Music Theory
 Theoretical Ideas Only
(Greek musical practice
was lost)
 500 B.C.–200 A.D.
 Plato
 Aristotle
 Vocabulary (many
modern musical words
have Greek roots)

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The Roman Catholic Church (-1600)
 Liturgy from Jewish
Practice
 Dominant Force in all
Cultural Matters for
1400 years
 Music Mostly Vocal
 Monks
 Boy Choirs
 Great Repertoire of
Chant Melodies
 Terms
 Chant
 Gregorian Chant
 Melisma
 Syllabic

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The Development of Musical Notation
 Aid to Memory
 This Invention had to Specify:
 Notes
 Rhythms
 Relationships between Parts
 First Notated (Polyphonic) Composers
 Léonin
 Perotin

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Polyphony
 Melodies added to Chant
 Imitative Counterpoint (similar to a canon like
“Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
 Unified the Compositions
 Characteristics of Polyphonic Texture
 Comparing the Lines
 Usually Different Texts
 Sometimes Different Languages
 Often Difficult to Understand
 Intersection of Lines Creates the Chord Concept

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The Renaissance
 Humanism
 Secularism
 Optimism
 Reform
 Historic Names
 Michelangelo
 da Vinci
 Martin Luther
 Gutenberg
 Shakespeare
 Composers
 Josquin des Prez
 Giovanni Pierluigi da
Palestrina
 Giovanni Gabrieli

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Choral and Vocal Music
 Mass
 The Ordinary is often sung.
 Josquin and Palestrina
 Motet
 a Cappella (Voices Only)
 Nonliturgical
 Madrigal
 4–5 Parts
 Chamber Music
 Secular
 Lively
 Terms
 Choral
 Cantus Firmus
 Polychoral
 Homorhythmic

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Instrumental Music
 String Instruments
 Lyre
 Lute
 Viele
 Wind Instruments
 Recorder
 Shawm
 Keyboard Instruments
 Harpsichord
 Clavichord
 Beginning to be Notated
(Preserved)
 Grouped into Consorts of
Similar Instruments
 Soprano (Recorder, etc.)
 Alto (Recorder, etc.)
 Tenor (Recorder, etc.)
 Bass (Recorder, etc.)
 Instrumental Music
 Ricercar
 Canzona

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The Reformation
 Martin Luther 1517
 Creates Protestantism
 Vernacular Services
 Church of England 1534
 Counter Reformation of Catholic Church

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Hildegard of Bingen
 Nun
 Theologian
 Mystic
 Poet
 Scientific Writer
 Composer

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Chapter Summary
 What types of music might have existed
before written history?
 How might secular Medieval music have
been similar to prehistoric music?
 Notation and polyphony developed
together. Do you think one led the other?
 How did the printing press affect the
development of Western music?

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