Medieval & Renaissance

Medieval Era Dates

• 800-1200

• 450-1400

• 500-800 BCE

Education in Medieval Era:

• everyone could read and write

• educated & could read/ write if monk/nun

• no one could read or write yet

What type of jobs did musicians have

• church

• for nobility

• traveling performer

• played in bars and clubs

What is a patron?

• Leader of the church

• Someone who hires & pays the musician

• someone who works under the composer

Early sacred music was sung in

• English

• German

• Italian

• Latin

Monophonic music has

• 1 melody line

• multiple melody lines

Polyphonic music has

• 1 melody line

• multiple melody lines

Melismatic music

• 1 note per syllable

• multiple notes per syllable

_____music often used instruments & played for parties, events and dancing.

• Sacred

• Secular

Secular music was sung in

• vernacular / native dialect

• latin