MUS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Messe De Nostre Dame, Hildegard Of Bingen, Notre Dame School
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The music of the middle ages (5-15th centuries ce) the. Begins with the fall of the roman empire. Charles the great, king of franks, encourages education and literacy. Pope of the catholic church, wrote book of plainchant inspired by the holy spirit and codified the way people write down a melody, making music able to read, fundamentally alters the way people think about music. Guido d"arezzo 991-1033ish, music theorist and educator who created do re me. Worked in italty in arezzo, worked for the church, more of a theorist than a composer, major music theory text, moved us over to the way we write music now]] Hildegard von bingen 1098-1179 given to church, raised in cell, given visions. Born in 1135-1150, died 1201, worked for the church, major works: the magnus liber (big book or organum), first significant composer of organum, started the notre dame school of polyphany.
