PowerPoints for Instructors and Students © 2016 Cengage Learning Chapter 7: Early Western Music PART II Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Music Chapter 7 Early Western Music Pages 64-70 © 123455543/Shutterstock.com Music Listening Today (6th Edition) by Charles Hoffer and Darrell Bailey Chapter 7: Early Western Music PART II Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Music Ancient Times • From 800 B.C. to A.D. 476 city states dominant • Greek civilization flourished in Athens • Roman civilization adopted much from Greek civilization Music Listening Today (6th Edition) by Charles Hoffer and Darrell Bailey Chapter 7: Early Western Music PART II Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Music Ancient Greece • Doctrine of ethos • Pythagoras discovered acoustical ratios • Lyre Music Listening Today (6th Edition) by Charles Hoffer and Darrell Bailey Chapter 7: Early Western Music PART II Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Music The Middle Ages • About 476 to 1100 • Otherworldly outlook • Monasteries preserved writings Music Listening Today (6th Edition) by Charles Hoffer and Darrell Bailey Chapter 7: Early Western Music PART II Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Music Gregorian Chant • Developed under direction of Pope Gregory in sixth century • Created a liturgy for the Christian church Music Listening Today (6th Edition) by Charles Hoffer and Darrell Bailey Chapter 7: Early Western Music PART II Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Music Gregorian Chant • Nonmetrical rhythm • Monophonic texture • Smooth contour • Modal scales • Latin text • Sung by monks and priests • Restrained, reverent mood Music Listening Today (6th Edition) by Charles Hoffer and Darrell Bailey Chapter 7: Early Western Music PART II Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Music The Mass • Symbolic re-enactment of Last Supper – Proper – for certain days in Church calendar – Ordinary – ordinarily included • Kyrie – “Lord have mercy” • Gloria – “Glory to God on high” • Credo – “We believe in one God” • Sanctus – “Holy, Holy, Holy” • Agnus Dei – “Lamb of God” Music Listening Today (6th Edition) by Charles Hoffer and Darrell Bailey Chapter 7: Early Western Music PART II Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Music Requiem Mass • Funeral or “Requiem” Mass • Gloria and Credo omitted • Dies irae added Music Listening Today (6th Edition) by Charles Hoffer and Darrell Bailey Chapter 7: Early Western Music PART II Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Music Hildegard: Ordo virtutum • Morality play • Characters are the Devil and the sixteen Virtues – Humility, Mercy, Faith, and others • Melodies are chant-like • Sung by nuns, except Devil Heritage Images/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Music Listening Today (6th Edition) by Charles Hoffer and Darrell Bailey Chapter 7: Early Western Music PART II Early, Medieval, and Renaissance Music Summary • Ancient Times • Ancient Greece • The Middle Ages • Gregorian Chant – “Dies irae” • The Mass • Requiem Mass • Hildegard: Ordo virtutum Music Listening Today (6th Edition) by Charles Hoffer and Darrell Bailey .