Professional Documents
Culture Documents
of Medieval Music
- composer and After the fall of the Roman
performer of Old
Occitan lyric Empire in the 6th century AD, a new
poetry during
the High Middle era started- Middle Ages. A new kind
Ages (1100–1350).
Since the
of music was shaped by that era.
word troubadour is
etymologically
This is called the medieval music.
masculine, a female Poets and musicians of the 11th and
troubadour is
usually called 12th centuries called troubadours,
a Trobairitz.
trouveres, and minstrels influenced
Medieval music, which was
considered sacred and secular.
The music of the Medieval period,
like any other kind of music,
expressed feelings that are difficult
to put into words, and words that
cannot remain silent.