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600
Gregorian Chant
It is a monophonic texture without instrumental accompaniment.
Modal scales in free time.
The text is in Ltin with a religious theme
It is performed by male voices -
800
LIturgical polyphony
A second voice was added to plainsong. Musical expressions became more complex. -
800
Secular vocal music
It has a monophonic texture, but with instrumental accompaniement.
It is performed by male voices.
The minstrels were the musicians who played this music -
Period: 992 to 1050
Guido d´ Arezzo
Was a teacher in the cathedral school of Arezzo (Italy). He invented the Guidonian hand, the four-line stave and he gave the names of the notes that we use today. -
Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard von Bingen
Was a German nun, writer and sciencist. From an early ages she experienced mystic visions and she said that these visions were accompanies by music. She composed 78 liturgical pieces of music for her congregation. She sais that singing was a manifestation of the divine spirit of humanity
