MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Altera, Anonymous Iv, Courtly Love

• School: McGill University
• Department: Music - Arts
• Course: MUAR 211
• Professor: Jerry M.Cain

Document Summary

1: important composers & musical developments of the high medieval period (12th century: i. e. , 1100s) Hildegard of bingen (1098-1179): discussed last class meeting. 2. earliest extant manuscripts of secular vocal music. 3. earliest extant manuscripts of instrumental music (various dances) 4. beginning of an important traditional of polyphonic music in paris, france: the notre dame school of composers: early secular vocal works. Musical settings of original poetry written by learned (obviously literate) men and women, sometimes members of aristocratic families (dukes, princes, etc. ), sometimes musically literate courtiers of various types, but also of course monks, nuns, priests, and other members of the clergy. These literate secular poet/composers are most often referred to as called troubadours or trouv res. Secular pieces by these troubadours and trouv res functioned as entertainment in royal courts, most of which employed musicians, and some of which had very sophisticated musical establishments that particularly cultivated music.