MUS 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pierre Attaingnant, Johannes Gutenberg, Sackbut
17 Sep 2016
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The time between the fall of rome and the age of discovery. Roman catholic church dominated spiritual and administrative force in medieval. Church and court vied for political control- profound spirituality in society and therefore music. Large cathedrals served as houses of worship and municipal civic centres in urban areas. Composers were hired here, singers were trained here. 1150-1400: the court emerged as a center for the arts (began to hire composers and musicians as well as visual artists for their own entertainment and to compete with the church) Women were able to participate in court entertainment (not in the church) Popular song and dance (not oriented around the church- more free for expression) Pipe organ, haut (loud instruments used for dance such as sackbut, shawm, Cornetto), bas (soft instruments such as flute (recorder), fiddle (vielle- ancestor of the violin), harp, lute) Intellectual and artistic flowering that began in italy, then to france and england.
