MAPEH Q1, W1 - Music of the Medieval Period (part 2)

Question 1

were travelling musicians who performed in different places to entertain people with their music

Answer 1

Troubadours

Question 2

may either be noble people, people with rank, or knights playing for lords

Answer 2

Troubadours

Question 3

the songs of the Troubadour

Answer 3

chanson and canso

Question 4

is a French secular song sung during the medieval period

Answer 4

Chanson

Question 5

a troubadour’s love song

Answer 5

canso

Question 6

were the servants hired to serve in courts.

Answer 6

Minstrels

Question 7

were also hired to entertain crowds with acrobatic tricks.

Answer 7

Jongleur

Question 8

was one of the popular composers of the medieval period. He was also known as Adam le Bossu or Adam the Hunchback. He was a poet and musician, who was known for his chansons and poetic debates (Jeux-partis, a genre of French lyric poetry).

Answer 8

Adam de la Halle

Question 9

It is a musical play that is one of Adam de la Halle’s famous works.

Answer 9

Le Jeu de Robin et Marion

Question 10

It is a form of secular music that became popular during the later part of the Medieval period

Answer 10

Court music