MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Melisma, Representational State Transfer, Gregorian Chant
15 May 2012
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Showed a text: the beginning of the gospel of john. The way that people in the medieval era thought about word and text is represented by this text. In the beginning there was a word, and the word was god was taken very literally. Played music with the text: this type of music is often played in movies, in sacred buildings, cathedrals, to set the tone. Today we will discuss medieval music (see notes). The medieval period is also called the dark ages (people later in history passing judgment on earlier history). History is something told by men (or women), and is inevitably prejudiced. We speak about the medieval period starting about 450, but the written period of. Medieval music only starts around the 9th century. Homework: find the answers to the questions at the end of the last lecture notes. This type of thing will be on the exam.
