Who wrote music in the middle ages?

Answer 1

AnswerNothing that I have talks about "written" music and I think that this is due to the fact that it wasn't written down, but played for an event/celebration. The music was uplifting and was called a "chivaree." Music was played often for many reasons. AnswerDuring the Early Middle Ages, members of the monastic clergy wrote down the music we know as Gregorian Chant using a system for writing music called neumes, which seem to have been invented in the ninth or tenth century and developed with the passing of time. Secular clergy also wrote down music, and one of these was Wipo of Burgundy, who was the chaplain to Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II, and whose original hymn, Victimae paschali laudes, is still sung in churches today. Another was Hildegard of Bingen, whose morality play, Ordo Virtutum, composed in about 1151, survives complete with its music.

Another group of people who wrote music during the middle ages was the troubadours and similar musicians. Wolfram von Eschenbach was one of these, and Walther von der Vogelweide was another. Wikipedia's article (link below) has a list of about 40 people of this group, whose music was written at the time and has been recorded (in written form).

In about 1300, an new type of music came into being, which was based on counterpoint. The new composers of this music were not as likely to be itinerant as the troubadours had been, and some settled into being professional composers. The English composer John Dunstaple was an example. He was neither a cleric nor a member of the nobility, and there are no records of where he attended school, but he was clearly highly educated, and took service as a composer with one queen and at least two dukes at different times.

Answer 2

Among medieval composers were the following:

• Duke William IX of Aquitaine
• Hildegard of Bingen
• Perotin the Great
• Léonin
• Wolfram von Eschenbach
• Walter von der Vogelweide
• Adam de la Halle
• King Denis of Portugal
• John Dunstaple

There are many others of record.

Answer 3

hello i do not know where was the music in the middle ages and this is the first time answering this question..

Answer 4

Minstrels and some clergy.