The Medieval Period

THE MEDIEVAL
PERIOD
Content Standard
The Learner demonstrates understanding of
characteristic features of the Medieval,
Renaissance and Baroque period music
OBJECTIVES
• describes the musical elements of selected vocal and

instrumental music of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music;
• explains the performance practice (setting, composition, role of
composers/performers, and audience) during Medieval,
Renaissance and Baroque periods;
• performs music from Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Period;
DISCUSSION MECHANICS
• The chosen participants will answer the question
• Those participants who would likely to fall on nos. 4, 8, 12,

16, will showcase their talent, Unless, they can only
answer the question if they can recite at least 3 shared
answer of the other participants. They can also chose who
will take the next question/share their talents.
The medieval period, also known as the Middle
Ages or the Dark Ages, started at approximately
400 A.D. and ends in early 1400 A.D.
MEDIEVAL This was an era of war, famine and chaos and
PERIOD people were searching for security and
protection.
(700-1400)
The Middle Ages covered the fall of the Roman
Empire until the rise of Ottoman Empire.
FEUDAL SYSTEM
• Was the form of government

established during the middle ages. This
system is divided the society into five
classes- the king, the bishop, the baron,
the lord, and the peasant.
Roman Emperor Constantine issued the
Edict of Milan to end the persecution of
Christians.
Black death and Bubonic plaque spread

across Europe and cost many lives.
Medieval Art and architecture mostly

featured cathedrals, monasteries, and
other religious structures.
During the medieval period, vocal
music dominated the music scene.
There are no records of instrumental
music.
MUSIC OF
THE Rhythm was not notated during this
period.
MEDIEVAL
PERIOD
The use of small melodic intervals and
range.
CHARACTERISTICS OF
MELODY
MELISMA
Is a group of notes that are sung
on a syllable of a particular word
or text. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=PRS2grauL4I22)
LEGATO
Is a smooth, even manner
of musical performance
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=JgJcKt92vt8.
CHURCH MODE
The Gregorian mode, one of the eight scales in the Gregorian
chant.
MONOPHONIC – was mainly used
during the early part of the Middle Ages,
this refers to only one music line.
HARMONY
AND
TONALITY
POLYPHONIC- was developed from
combining several musical lines.
• Was mainly sacred and
vocal music such as
MUSICAL plainchant, conductus,
FORM masses, and motets,
instrumental estampie
and secular vocal songs.
One of the distinctive music forms that
marked the period was the plainchant
or the plain song.
The plainchant is a form of prayer song

PLAINCHANT that is purely vocal, monophonic, and
intended for church use only.
Pope Gregory the great initiated the

compilation of a plainsong called the
Gregorian chant.
NEUMES
• The neume is the
predecessor of the present
musical notation. It shows
the rise and fall of voices as
a guide for singers to
remember the melody of
the song.
The Gregorian chant has the
following qualities:
• Is in a cappella
• Has free rhythm
CONCLUSION • Is sung by monks
• Uses church modes
• Is written in a four-line staff
• Is written in Latin language
• Is sung in solo or group.
SECULAR
MUSIC OF THE
MEDIEVAL
PERIOD
SECULAR MUSIC
• Not all musicians were regulated by the church

during the medieval period. There was secular
music known as court music that became
popular during the latter part of the period.
TROUBADOURS
• The troubadours were traveling musicians who

performed in different places to entertain people
with their music about courtly love, chivalry, and
romance.
TROUBADOURS
• Troubadours may either be noble people or

people with rank, or knights playing for lords.
The chanson and the canso were the songs of
the troubadours.
MINSTRELS
• While the troubadours had higher ranks in

medieval society, the minstrels were the
servants hired to serve in courts.
JONGLEURS
• Similar to minstrels, jongleurs were also hired

to entertain crowds with acrobatic tricks.
TYPES OF
SECULAR
MUSIC
CHANSON
• A chanson is a French secular song during the

medieval period.
•It is a popular lyric driven song

based on poems.
CHANSON
•A singer specializing in chansons is

known as a chansonnier. Meanwhile, a
canso is a troubadour's formal love song.
COMPOSERS
OF THE
MEDIEVAL
MUSIC
ADAM DELA HALLE
• was one of the popular composers of the medieval period. He

was also known as Adam le Bossu or Adam the Hunchback.
• He was a poet and musician, who was known for his chansons
and poetic debates (Jeux-partis).
• One of his famous works is the musical play "Le Jeu de Robin
et Marion."

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THE MEDIEVAL

• describes the musical elements of selected vocal and

• The chosen participants will answer the question

• Those participants who would likely to fall on nos. 4, 8, 12,

• Was the form of government

Black death and Bubonic plaque spread

Medieval Art and architecture mostly

The plainchant is a form of prayer song

Pope Gregory the great initiated the

• Not all musicians were regulated by the church

• The troubadours were traveling musicians who

• Troubadours may either be noble people or

• While the troubadours had higher ranks in

• Similar to minstrels, jongleurs were also hired

• A chanson is a French secular song during the

•It is a popular lyric driven song

•A singer specializing in chansons is

• was one of the popular composers of the medieval period. He

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