THE MIDDLE AGES

 

 👋 Here are the PIECES MUSIC OF THE MIDDLE AGES 😇

1. Epitaph of Seikilos. Music of Ancient Greece.

2. Pueri hebraeorum, portantes.

Antiphon: Short phrase, usually from the Bible, that is sung or prayed in the canonical hours or in the mass before and after the psalms.

3. Laudemus Virginem. Llibre Vermell de Montserrat (S. XIV)

4. Kyrie from the Missa of Notre Dame by Guillaume de Machaut.

Guillaume de Machaut was a medieval French clergyman, poet and composer; maximum representative of the movement known as Ars nova, and considered the most famous composer of the 14th century. Composed before 1365, the Messe de Nostre Dame is the first known polyphonic mass written by a single composer and one of the masterpieces of medieval music and the entire religious repertoire.

5. Santa Maria, Strela do Dia, from the collection Cantigas de Santa Maria.

The Cantigas de Santa María (Canticles of Saint Mary) is a collection of more than 400 songs dedicated to the Virgin Mary and written at the court of Alfonso X. A number of troubadours took part in its creation, including the monarch himself. They are written in Galician-Portuguese, which was the cultured language of Castilian lyric poetry at the time.

6. Trobairitz Beatriz de Día or Comtessa de Dia (Countess of Die).

 A chantar m’er de so qu’ieu non volria.

                                             

A chantar m’er de so qu’ieu non volria / Ahora deberé cantar de lo que no querría

🎸 Troubadours today:

7. Bob Dylan. Like a Rolling Stone

Protest song, with critical and vindictive lyrics: Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, 

Singer-songwriters with lyrics close to the people, where they express their most personal and intimate experiences. Tom Waits, Joaquín Sabina, Rozalén, Nacho Vegas, Rosalía, etcetera. 

👉  The influence of the music of the Middle Ages can also be found in today's music...

🎸 In Electronic and New Age Music. Fusion of Gregorian chant with electronic sounds and new age and dance music.

8. Enigma. Sadenesss 

In pop music: OMD Juana de Arco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhdaufAX8ro

In rock and heavy metal: Corvus Corax na Casa Medieval

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-F46ZV-bRw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Q2E1m6O1c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku0-hDJaoRs

Medieval rock:

Ñu

Celtic music: Carlos Núnez

For the exam:

- The activities of the Middle Ages.

- The pieces of music analysed from the worksheet.

- The pieces of music of this blog, from 1 to 8; recognise them auditevely and know the name of the composer and the name of the song.