Early Music History p.3 Flashcards
Who wrote many of the songs?
Many songs were written by wandering people known as goliards
What are songs from the Middle Ages like?
They are in Latin and by anonymous composers
Who and what are goliards?
They are men who couldn’t obtain a position in church and had wandered around land composing and performing for people
What was the goliards mindset?
Eat drink and be merry
Jacalude and jacaali?
Funny men and guest
What did the performers do?
They recited poetry, sang, danced, played instruments, and juggled
French chanson=
Song
What Secular music alive?
Oral tradition
Vernacular
Mother tongue
Churiders did what
They wrote their own poetry that later became music
Troubadour
Minnesinger
Oral
Mouth
What did early church composers do?
They didn’t mark down their name they wrote their music anonymously
What were the early church composers reasoning?
For one the text and notes handed down from church. And secondly musicians didn’t want to detract from the glory of God
