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MUSIC 9
QUARTER I
ACTIVITY: WORD ASSOCIATION

DIRECTION: Complete the word web

presented by giving words or phrases
which could be associated with the given
central idea.

MEDIEVAL
Music of the
Medieval
Period
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PERIOD

 The Medieval period is also known as the

Middle Ages or ―Dark Ages that started
with the fall of the Roman Empire.

 Music is based upon religious subject.

 During this time, the Christian Church

influenced Europe’s culture and political
affairs.
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PERIOD

 Many kinds of music created during this

period.
o Music for the Knights
o Chants for the priests

 Only the church Music were preserved

 Church music spread and taught to

succeeding generations.
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GREGORIAN CHANT

 Official music of Roman

Catholic Church

 Named after Pope Gregory I

 It is also named as
plainsong or plainchant
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Characteristics of the Gregorian Chants:

 Monophonic-It does not have harmony and

sung without accompaniment
 Free meter
 Set to sacred Latin text
 Male voices sing in unison
 Originally it was a chant passed along by
oral tradition but later on, they were notated
 Use the Neume notation
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Neume

 Symbols representing one to four notes

used as notation during the Medieval
Period.
 Gregorian Chant written in Neumes
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TROUBADOURS

During the latter part of the

Medieval Period, secular
music which was not
bound by Catholic
traditions emerged. Most
of these songs were
performed across Europe
by groups of musicians
called Troubadours.
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Troubadour Music:

 Usually monophonic
 Sometimes with improvised accompaniment
 Tells of chivalry and courtly love music
 Played for both commoners and nobility
 Originated in France
 Written in the French language
FAMOUS
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COMPOSER OF THE MEDEIVAL PERIOD

Adam de la Halle
France, 1237 - 1288
ADAM DE LA HALLE
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 He was a French trouvere, poet and

composer.
 He was one of the oldest and
accomplished secular composers of
literary and musical works include:
o Chansons
o Jeux-partis (poetic debates)
o Motets
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 His musical play, ― “Jeu de Robin et

Marion” was considered the earliest
surviving secular French play with music.

His works include:

1. Le Jeu de Robin et de Marion
2. La Chanson du roi de Sicile
ACTIVITY 2: VENN DIAGRAM

DIRECTION: Compare and contrast the

characteristics of Gregorian Chant and
Troubadour Music
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Reflection:

Direction: Complete the prompt:

I understand that ________________

I realized that ___________________

THANK YOU!!!!