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Secular Music in the Middle Ages

Secular Music in the Middle Ages. Minstrels. Wandering musicians Versatile entertainers Sang Danced Juggled Tricks Animal acts Plays. Minstrels. News and gossip Also called jongleurs and jongleuresses. Troubadours. Poet-musicians Resided in courts

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Secular Music in the Middle Ages

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  1. Secular Music in the Middle Ages

  2. Minstrels • Wandering musicians • Versatile entertainers • Sang • Danced • Juggled • Tricks • Animal acts • Plays

  3. Minstrels • News and gossip • Also called jongleurs and jongleuresses

  4. Troubadours • Poet-musicians • Resided in courts • Had members from all walks of life including nobility • Caled Minnesingers in Germany

  5. Song Topics • Love songs • War songs • Political songs • Laments • Dance songs • Unrequited love

  6. Ars Nova • Start of the 14th century • Started in France, spread to Italy • Rise of secularism • Developed meter, harmony, and counterpoint

  7. Guillaume de Machaut • French • Cleric • Active in the court of the King of Bohemia and King of France • Wrote the first complete setting of the Mass

  8. Chanson • Means: songs • Utilizes different forms • Based on text forms

  9. Instrumental Music • Original focus on vocal music • Early prominence in dance music • Rarely written down • Usually improvised

  10. Medieval Instruments • Divided into categories of loud and soft

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