Audience During Medieval Times

Musicians in the Renaissance society are now professionals and were supported by the church, city and state as well as the royal and aristocratic courts. The rise of the merchant class brought new fans to music professionals. With the advent of cheaper printing, music books became available and affordable making musical literacy spread dramatically.

Directly following the scientific and cultural atrophy of the Early Middle Ages (5th C.-10th C. CE), more commonly referred to by the colloquial epithet of “The Dark Ages”, came the intellectual and spiritual eras of the High Middle Ages (11th-13th C. CE) and Late Middle Ages (14th C. CE-15th C. CE). Following the stagnation of the Early Middle Ages, the five century span directly succeeding the period would be marked by numerous developments in intellectual pursuits, as works and concepts from Greek antiquity were reclaimed by medieval scholars and advancements from Arabic scholars began to make their way to Western Europe, as well as the growth of esoteric, mystical, and superstitious beliefs as the population of Western Europe rapidly increased

The printing press is often overlooked when it comes to the impact it had on music and music notation. The first impact the printing press made on music was making reproduction of music more widely available. This made it easy for the average person to read, sing, and play music.

Life at a medieval university for clerics was in many regards similar to our present day college experience. When college was in session, life was basically split into two categories; life in the books, and life outside the books if you will. Scholars needed to focus their attention to the tasks at hand during learning hours. As we know today, the more time you spend studying, the better grades you’ll achieve. On the other hand, scholars needed a release from the daily grind of constant academic involvement. This may have included some popular pastimes such as drinking, gambling, and wreaking havoc downtown (nothing a modern student would do). The scholars experienced many of the problems that modern day collegians deal with as well.

Didos Lament & Messiah: Ev’ry Valley By: Tabitha Watkins ARTS/340 Mood is the affections (to impress the mid or move the feelings of our emotions, emotional response). Composers of this time shaped or molded a musical language to depict the affections. Music is written to fit the needs of society in our always changing world. Church music during this time was very elaborate and music was usually only heard in the churches and if you were wealth enough during that time you could go hear music in public opera houses. Religious music was a huge part of baroque era; it saw the creation of tonality, made changes in musical notation, and developed new instrumental playing techniques.

The Middle Ages was the period in European history that came between ancient and modern times. It lasted from about ad 500 to about 1500. The Christian church played an important part in the history of the Middle Ages. Early Middle Ages The Middle Ages began when Germanic tribes (peoples from

Middle Ages has also known by it's called "Dark Ages". It is approximately during 500-1500 AD, which is right after the fall of Roman Empire. The reason why it's called Dark Ages, because during that time period, there is very little literature was made, technologies seem went backward, people don't have a common language to use. The Middle Ages can be subdivided into three parts: early, high, and late Middle Ages. There are a lot of violence, chaos, and wars at that time. And mostly is related to the religions. A lot of poverty, famine, and one of the most severe disease happened.

Tennagers are always warned about the dangers of conformity. Parents worry about what kids might do when it comes to peer pressure. This is not a new concern since, overtime, conformity has shown little positive outcome. Conforming led to disasters such as the horror of the Dark Ages and Hitler’s Germany. When individuals begin thinking for themselves, great things and advances in society happen. Individuality brought us the Renaissance and the Romantic Era. Although conformity is a safer option in modern society, individuality still holds its value and should be encouraged rather than discounted as an unimportant quality to possess.

Medieval Music in England from 1066-1500s What significant developments or achievements from Medieval Music in England during the time of 1066-1500 CE has had an impact on today’s music and how? The Medieval Times had a lot of trading and invasions of new lands. Countries exchanged ideas to other countries, introducing new

The music was played very often as a normal routine. People considered it a must to know how to play an instrument, sing, or be involved somehow with music in this age of time. Instruments in the 1600’s were able to make any type of music; the amazing part was no matter how many instruments you used it would always sound pure and the same. Another unique thing about the music and culture in the 1600’s is that it was also healthy for the body. During the Elizabethan Era the people would gather together to dance and dance for hours, their stamina must have been incredible. Music was use to entertain most people. Before the music became a big part in people life during the Elizabethan Era theatre played a really big part during this time. It

Matt Jackman Larson English 12 2nd period 11/16/15 Women in Canterbury Tales During the Medieval time period that Canterbury Tales was written in, there was a general depiction of women that they weren’t even looked at as humans, but looked at as objects. Women were thought of as weak, untrustworthy, and even less intelligent beings than men. Chaucer did not necessarily agree with the general consensus of women during the time period. Now there are tales that go along with the general impression of women, but there are also signs that Chaucer looked at women for what they really are and he might have saw them as equal beings. Chaucer was a great mind and that mind was far past his time, as he went against the tide when he wrote and he was not afraid to write whatever came to his head. Canterbury tales can show us what women had to go through in medieval times, and through Chaucer’s tales we can see what he thought of how women were were perceived and treated.

In our present-day society, we consider anything that came before us as primitive. It is an unfortunate stereotype that all peasants lived in small, dirty shacks and ate gruel while kings and queens were in their lavish castles and gorging themselves with fine cuisine. Yet, one should not discount the Late Medieval Period. Civilization evolved in several ways during this time and it is often ignored as one of the most progressive times in all human history. In just the span of two centuries, our modern lives were shaped by defining events such as the influence of religion and the faith of its adherents being shaken and transformed because of internal strife. Moreover, Peasants gained political power and riches through new economic opportunities,

From 1400 to 1600 A.D., the Renaissance was a period of a rediscovery of Greek ideals for musicians to explore possibilities of their art. It was during this time that ideas were able to better circulate, because individualism began to increase, and the printing of music helped to preserve and distribute musical ideas (History). Also, as opposed to the medieval period, the Renaissance began to expand upon the type of sound that was created by adding the voices of women in choirs, as well as expanding instrumental music. The texture of music also began to change, with homophonic and polyphonic compositions. Sacred vocal polyphony was used rather than monophony in the form of masses and motets, while secular pieces also included madrigals and songs. Instrumental pieces usually were short during this time, and were for dancing (History).

Medieval music is characterized by its heavy use of monophonic texture. An example of a form of music that made extensive use of monophonic texture during the medieval age is Plainchant. Plainchant consists of just the human voice singing simple melodies with no musical accompaniment. Medieval music was not entirely

The feelings that the Ancient Romans had towards music could be described as ambivalent. They admired it and at the same time, they condemned it. Music, nevertheless, played a role in Roman society that, as time passed, became less and less important to the Romans. As a result, much of the information about music in Ancient Rome has been lost in time. However what has been discovered about this topic is quite fascinating, in spite of what it is lacking. The subsequent paragraphs will explain some of the aspects of Roman life regarding music. This includes the history of music in Ancient Rome, the instruments that the Romans played, the uses of music in their society and the impact that music in Rome has had on the music of today.