Medieval
Music
Renaissance
Music
1450
1600
Baroque
Music
1750
Classical
Music
1825
Romantic
Music
20th Century
Music
1900
1) Which do you prefer? Singing or listening to music
that has only one voice part or signing or listening
to music with more than one vocal
part?
2) What are some popular subjects for
song lyrics?
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In southern France in the 1200s, traveling poets were
also singers who composed and sang many songs
about courtly love. They were called troubadours.
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Songs that were non-religious in nature are known
as secular songs
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One troubadour song is Ahi! Amours,
written in the time of the Crusades.
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In this song, a knight is going off to war.
This song is in Medieval French. It is roughly translated
below.
Alas, Love, how hard it is to part
A better lady was never loved or served
May I come back to her in his sweetness
Inasmuch as I depart in pain
Alas! What have I said? I will not leave her
Ahi! Amours
Sound Clip
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How would you describe the texture of this
song?
a)
Homophonic – melody
supported by harmony
b)
Polyphonic - Music
consisting of two or more
independent melodies
sung or played together
1 person to improvise on the
keyboard
2 tambourine players
4 hand drum players
3 people to play the Drone on the
bells
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