MUS 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pierre Attaingnant, Sackbut, Pipe Organ
11 Dec 2015
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Style: the distinctive sound created by a composer and artist, ora performing group, as expressed through the elements of music. Each period in the history of western classical music has a distinct musical style. The middle ages was the time between the fall of rome and age of discovery. The roman catholic church was the dominant spiritual and administrative force in medieval. The church and the court vied for political control. Large urban cathedrals that served as houses of worship and municipal civic centres. 1150-1350: the age of cathedrals : started in northern france o, built in the gothic style, organum. 1150-1400: the court emerged as centre for patronage of the arts. Women were able to participate in court entertainment: music of the church was sung by men, and boys for higher vocal parts. Pipe organ: principal instrument of the monastery and cathedral: was the only instrument admitted by church authorities.
