Most of the chants were created during the Early Middle Ages. The best known chants today are the Gregorian chants, which were compiled according to the wishes of Pope Gregory I, who was pope from 590 to 604. The consensus of musicologists may be that the chants date from after the year 300. I have seen some disagreement on this, and there have been some important authors who have expressed the view that they were much older than that.
A capella chants by monks.
Two major innovations in music were tropes, new tests and melodies inserted into Gregorian chants, and polyphony, two or more melodic lines are sung or played simultaneously.
Sex, murder, and farming are all equally important in the middle ages
The most important musicians during the Middle Ages were priests and those who worked for the church.
Most of the chants were created during the Early Middle Ages. The best known chants today are the Gregorian chants, which were compiled according to the wishes of Pope Gregory I, who was pope from 590 to 604. The consensus of musicologists may be that the chants date from after the year 300. I have seen some disagreement on this, and there have been some important authors who have expressed the view that they were much older than that.
A capella chants by monks.
Throughout the Middle Ages he was known as "the Father of Christian Worship" because of his exceptional efforts in revising the Roman worship of his day.
This type of call and response singing came from the Middle Ages era. They started with Gregorian chants or plainchants which was only a single melody and based on these chants, polytextual music was formed, meaning that more than one melody was sung at a time. Call and response singing was called responsarial singing
Two major innovations in music were tropes, new tests and melodies inserted into Gregorian chants, and polyphony, two or more melodic lines are sung or played simultaneously.
Very much so. Gregorian chants later in the Middle Ages started to become composed by artists who would write pieces for the church and pieces for secular crowds as well. So basically it was the artists that transitioned causing attention to the secular style of their pieces.
Gregorian chant
Created by Pope Gregory the chants are a form of music that praises God through the use of the voice only. There is no instruments involved. They are very soothing to listen too and are unlike any other music.
castles were important in the middle ages mainly in 1066 and onwards
itw as important because in the middle ages there was lots of war and violence
Sex, murder, and farming are all equally important in the middle ages
The most important musicians during the Middle Ages were priests and those who worked for the church.