Music in the Middle Ages

Title: Music in the Middle Ages
Category: Arts & Humanities / Music | Words: 333 | Pages: 1.4 (approximately 235 words/page)

Music in the Middle Ages

The middle ages, (450- 1450), after the Roman empire fell this was a time of great change through chaos. The later part of the middle ages brought a period of growth with religious structures and universities. Most of society in the beginning of this era was influenced by the Roman Catholic church. During the middle ages the Roman Catholic church’s official music was the Gregorian chant, named after Pope Gregory I. This music was sung without …showed first 75 words of 333 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 333 total…after many suffrages, such as The Hundred Year War and the Bubonic plague. In this time secular music held more importance than sacred music. A new system of musical notations had emerged, and a composer could specify any rhythmic pattern. Now beats could be divided and sometimes use syncopation. The middle ages are not all that different from any other era. As in each era music has often been representative of society and the times.

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