MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ars Antiqua, Organum, Anonymous Iv
17 Apr 2016
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Muar211: tuesday jan. 19th, 2016 lecture 3: important composers & musical developments of the high medieval period (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (12th century: i. e. , 1100s) Hildegard of bingen (1098-1179): discussed last class meeting. Earliest extant manuscripts of instrumental music (various dances) Beginning of an important traditional of polyphonic music in paris, france: the notre dame school" of composers: early secular songs: 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 secular poet/composers are known as troubadours and trouv res. The secular songs 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.
