Roman Empire collapses
Plague
Knights jousting
Pope Gregory 1
To unify and pray
Consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines.
New Art; new way of doing things
Rebirth
Secular & Sacred Music
Motet
Madrigal
Rhythm, Texture, Text, Language, Dynamic, & Instruments
Texture: Monophonic
Text: Religious
Language: Latin
Dynamics: mp-mf
Instruments: No use of instruments
Tone Color, Rhythm, Texture, Text, Language & Dynamic
Rhythm: Measured
Texture: Polyphonic
Text: Religious
Language: Latin
Dynamics: mp-mf
Tone Color, Rhythm, Texture, Text, & Language
Rhythm: Measured. Complicated Rhythms
Texture: Polyphonic
Text: Religious
Language: Latin
Texture, Media, & Text
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gigue
Texture: Polyphonic
Media: Social events
Text: No vocals
Texture, Language, & Text
Texture: Polyphonic
Language: Vernacular
Text: English
-Upperclass people listened to it because you had to be intellectual to understand it
-Word Painting
Texture, Media, Language, Text
Texture: Polyphonic
Media: Catholic church
Language: Latin
Text: Text is from Mass
-A Capella
Texture, Media, Language, & Text
Texture: Polyphonic
Media: Any church service
Language: Latin
Text: Not from the mass; religious text