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Middle Ages 450 - 1450
- Fall of the Roman Empire
- Loss of structure
- Roman Catholic church arises
o Attempting to Structure society
o Education was only provided through the church
• A lot of people became Monks/ Nuns, so they could be educated
- Began Writing stuff down
Gregorian Chant : Monophony, the music sung during this time.
- Pope Gregory I (590 - 604)
- Up until this time music was never written down.
Sacred: Music written for the church
Secular: Music not written for the church
Liturgical: Of liturgy to the church
Liturgical Calendar: Calendar of Holidays celebrated by the church
Epiphany: Sunday after Christmas
Alleluia: Vidimus Stellam (We have seen his star)
- Gregorian Chant
- Sung by men
o Women could not sing in public until the 1900’s
- Sung the Sunday after Christmas
- Fall of the Roman Empire
- Loss of structure
- Roman Catholic church arises
o Attempting to Structure society
o Education was only provided through the church
• A lot of people became Monks/ Nuns, so they could be educated
- Began Writing stuff down
Gregorian Chant : Monophony, the music sung during this time.
- Pope Gregory I (590 - 604)
- Up until this time music was never written down.
Sacred: Music written for the church
Secular: Music not written for the church
Liturgical: Of liturgy to the church
Liturgical Calendar: Calendar of Holidays celebrated by the church
Epiphany: Sunday after Christmas
Alleluia: Vidimus Stellam (We have seen his star)
- Gregorian Chant
- Sung by men
o Women could not sing in public until the 1900’s
- Sung the Sunday after Christmas