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Music History Part 2 Middle Ages, Renaissance and Morocco

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Medieval music. The Christian religion was very important in the development of music because it

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was a big part of the ceremonies. At the beginning the songs had a simple melody and it was called

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playing chant. The songs were usually sung by a choir without instruments. From the end of the

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19th century composers began to write more lines of melody which were sung at the same time. This

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style is known as polyphony. The way we write down music today began to develop

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in the Middle Ages. At first there were maps over the world to show singers what

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to sing. This system was difficult to understand so the maps were placed on

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one line, then two, three, four and finally five. The result was stuff. On the other

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On the other hand, music was also very important for entertainment. In the Middle Ages, minstrels were very famous.

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They were men and women who went from place to place singing, dancing, jogging and playing instruments.

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Renaissance music. In Europe, during the 15th and 16th century, there was a great interest in art, music and learning.

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This time became known as the Renaissance, which means rebirth.

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Many composers began to work of the chords of November and Kings. They wrote music to entertain people.

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Printing was invented in Germany around 1450 and was very important in the development of music.

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Before this, music was copied by hand, which took a long time and was very expensive.

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During this period, songs called madrigals became very popular.

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Before the Renaissance, the instruments were used to accompany singers, but then composers

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started to compose music, especially from instruments.

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Instrumental music was often used with dancing.

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Baroque is the name given to European music from about 1600 to 1750.

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During this time, instrumental music became more and more important.

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the most important composers in the period were Vivaldi, Bach and Handel. One of the most important

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changes was the invention of opera. Oratorios were also important. They had religious stories.

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Thank you.