MUS 351 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Reciting Tone, Ite, Missa Est, Antiphon
Document Summary
Chant and secular song in the middle ages. Prelude: the middle ages produced two distinct bodies of song: Sacred songs: sacred songs, known as plainchant or gregorian chant. An important element in the worship service (liturgy) of the western christian church. Used for prayer and praise: secular songs: courtly and elite or traditional and popular. They celebrated heroes, voiced protest, and expressed love. Each originated in oral traditions and was performed by memory. Chants and courtly songs were eventually written down. Early christian music: coming from jewish roots, it spread throughout the roman empire, over time, the music changed and was expanded, while the texts remained relatively stable, theorists classified chants into church modes. Music outside of church: music accompanied medieval dramas, both sacred and secular, troubadours and trouv res wrote refined poetry and songs in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Chant and liturgy: liturgy is the texts and rituals that make up a sacred service, purposes.
