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    Medieval music developed after the fall of the Roman Empire, relying on oral tradition and new notation systems as knowledge was lost. Music was mostly monophonic with a single, beautiful melodic line and focused on sacred topics. Hildegrad von Bingen was a notable German nun who composed non-traditional melodies that mimicked the human voice. Leonin and Perotin were French composers who developed the first polyphonic music through organum, with Perotin being Leonin's student and building on his innovations.

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    Medieval music developed after the fall of the Roman Empire, relying on oral tradition and new notation systems as knowledge was lost. Music was mostly monophonic with a single, beautiful melodic line and focused on sacred topics. Hildegrad von Bingen was a notable German nun who composed non-traditional melodies that mimicked the human voice. Leonin and Perotin were French composers who developed the first polyphonic music through organum, with Perotin being Leonin's student and building on his innovations.

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    INTRO TO MEDIEVAL MUSIC

    BY SAGE HARRISON

    HISTORY
    Roman Empire fell in 476 ADknowledge lost
    Oral tradition
    New system of notation

    UN-HEIGHTENED NEUMES

    HEIGHTENED NEUMES

    SQUARE NOTATION

    TEXTURES
    Monophonic
    Single line + drone
    Focus: beautiful, lyrical melodies
    Sacred in topic

    HILDEGARD VON BINGEN


    Lived from 1098-1179
    She was a German nun known for her prophecies
    Prophecies set to music
    Her melodies were non-traditional
    Mimicked inflection in the voice
    Ordo Virturum

    LEONIN AND PEROTIN


    French composers
    Perotin was Leonins student
    First polyphonic music
    Ars Antiqua
    Invented multi-part chant: organum
    Wrote the first annual cycle of organum
    Book called Magnus Liber Organi or The Great
    Book of Organum

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