MUSIC 1A03 Lecture 5: Lecture 5 Music
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In the middle of what : antiquity (ca. 700 bce-476 ad or ce: middle ages (ca. *dates of period and musical examples are important . Music that is non-religious (music for outside of church) In the middles ages, the church dominated intellectual and cultural life: churches were not only a space for worship but also a space to inspire, to lift the eye heavenward, and to instruct. What is plainchant: monophonic, acapella melodies sung by a single voice or by a choir in unison. Unison: more than one performer playing or singing the same pitch or pitches at the same time. Plainchant helps project the words in a way that is clear and moving. Perhaps this is why plainchant figures prominently in so many of the world"s religious.
