religious music in the middle ages

RELIGIOUS MUSIC

where it’s found

indexReligious music1 Gregorian chant 2 Pope Gregory 3 Monks and monasteries 4 monastery santo domingo de silos 5 Evolution of the musical notation 7 characteristics 6 Score examples

GREGORIAN CHANT

THIS CHANT IS CALLED GREGORIAN BECAUSE IT WAS

LINKED TO POPE GREGORY “THE GREAT”. THIS WAS

A KIND OF SINGING WITHOUT HARMONY, MONKS

SING AT THE SAME TIME, SAME NOTES.

Pope Gregory was the head of the Catholic Church for a long time. He is known because of his writings.

In the Middle Ages he did many efforts in revising the Roman worship and that's why he was known as “the Father of Christian Worship”.

He was the first of the popes to come from a monastic background. In the Roman Catholic Church and in more is considered a saint.He is the patron saint of musicians, singers, students, and teachers.

POPE GREGORY HE

Is a person who practices religious asceticism.The term monk is generic and in some religious and philosophical traditions in therefore may be considerate interchangeable with other terms as ascetic.

MONKS

MONASTERY SANTO DOMINGO DE SILOS

Santo Domingo de Silos is a monastery in Santo

Domingo de Silos in Burgos. The monastery was called San Sebastián de Silos, but acquired its name after fernando the Great. the monastery has a central nave with two side aisles and five chapels . the monks of santo domingo are very famous because of their gregorian chant performances. They have also recorded several cd’S

the first system of notation or musical notation was devised:

-few signs called “neums” are written over the words.

-later, music was written in a four-line staff (TETRAGRAMA)

-IT representS the movement of hands in the air to conduct a choir.

EVOLUTION OF MUSICAL NOTATION

-IT IS ALWAYS IN LATIN (THAT IT WAS THE LANGUAGE AT THE CHURCH IN MIDDLE AGES)

- SOME OF THE TUNES WERE TAKEN FROM EXISTING FOLK SONGS.

-it wAS THE FIRST MUSIC written.

-IT IS THE RELIGIoUS MUSIC OF CHRISTIANS.

-VOCAL MUSIC (WITHOUT INSTRUMENTS).

-INTERPRETING “A CAPELLA”.

-pERFORMED BY MEN.

-RHYTHM IS FREE.

-ALL SINGERS SING THE SAME MELODY (MONODY)

CHARACTERISTICS

-Populus Sion. Introito. Tetrardus Authenticus (Modo VII)-Cum Appropinquaret. Antífona Del Benedictus. Protos Authenticus (Modo I)

Score examples

INSTRUMENTS

The most important medieval church instrument was the organ. The pipe organ is found in older churches of today and it is very similar to the medieval instruments. Portative organs were small instruments that could be moved from place to place. In the later Middle Ages, larger organs were built that were permanently installed in churchs.

Other instruments used by churches were:Portative organs, recorders, pipes, dulcimers, harps, fiddles,

lutes, bells…This instruments were used in processions

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

Activities

a) Gregorian Chant.b) School singers and Monks.c)Polyphony development. 1)More.Finish 2)No more.

1.What are the two groups of the religious music?

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2. Who is the Pope Gregory I ?

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a) In Santo the Solis.b) In Berlin.c) In San Francisco.d) In Santo Domingo DE SILOS.

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3. Where is a well-known monastery?

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