Medieval Period of Music

The Medieval Period of music occurred during what dates?

• 1740-1820

• 400-1450

• 1000-2000

• 1450-1600

Two of the most well known composers during the medieval musical period are?

• Guillaume de Machaut

• Ludwig Beethoven

• James I of Van

• Hildegard of Bingen

Select all of the instruments used during the medieval period.

• Gittern

• Hurdy-Gurdy

• Violin

• Fiddle

Who helped to start the process of musical notation on paper?

• HIldegard of Bingen

• Pope Gregory I

• Troubadours

• Guillaume de Machaut

A group of colorfully dressed traveling musicians who sang of love and shared news of the day during the Medieval period were called?

• Plain Chanters

• Students of the Notre Dame School of Polyphony

• Sacred Musicians

• Troubadours

During the Medieval Period, music was split into what 2 groups?

• Secular

• Common

• Gregorian Chant

• Sacred

The first musical staff that was invented during the Medieval Period is used in exactly the same way today?

• Yes

• No

The major form of music that most singers used during the first part of the Medieval Period was called what?

• Monophonic

• Polyphony

• Divertimento

• Cantata

Which form of music was invented and developed during the last half of the Medieval Period?

• Monophonic

• Polyphony

• Canta

• Divertimento

Which composer wrote music for the church and for every day life?

• Hildegard of Bingen

• Guillaume de Machut

• John Dunstable

• Pope Gregory I