D.: Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. Lead by Constantine, with success, Christianity in the western world incited the expansion of European music.
500 - 1400 AD (CE) - Medieval Period
Guitars with 3, 4 and 5 strings were already in use i.e The Guitarra Latina, and The Guitarra Morisca was the first guitars.
Pope Gregory innovates a new and one of the original vocal styles; the chant, which is used in Roman Catholic’s named the “Gregorian chant” in his honor.
While being used officially in all church services. Through the influence of the Church, the new form of music spread quickly toward the West.
The vocal structure used in Roman Catholic Church services started to evolve from simple chants to similar
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Upper-class citizens hired personal musicians and composers as resident members of their courts.
Secular (non-religious) music thrived during this era and was often played by small groups of musicians known as consorts. Josquin Des Prez, Giovanni Pierluigi, Giovanni Gabreili.
Leading Composer of the Era
Worked for multiple courts in France, at the Sistine Chapel and for kings Louis XI and Louis XII.
The Italian humanist began to rediscover and reinterpret the aesthetics of ancient Greece and Rome, influenced the development of musical style during the period.
The First Guitars originate
Thought to have been originated during the 15th Century in Spain, the Lute was consistently favored by the public over the Guitar until the end of the 15th Century.
1562:
Pope Pius IV's Reformation, he begins to restore church music to its pure vocal for. After abolishing all instruments except the organ, secularism, harmony and original melody.
Giovanni Da Palestrina, creates a brand new style under dictatorship of the Pope's wishes, created the piece: "Pope Marcellus Mass", and may have saved
Papacy, another new form of governance, became more popular and stronger in Europe. This was mainly because they added religious monarchs to coincide with the temporary monarchs within that continent. 9. In the post-classical era, there were pre-existing labor systems that continued from the classical era.
When talking about the church, a person must keep in mind the rituals that are performed usually by said churches. Sometimes these rituals are traditional, but you must not forget that the church does attempt to avoid such practices unless they were to adapt to such a stale lifestyle. To do this churches use genres to help impact the action going on in-/outside of the church—by that, of course, churches also vary in actions. Johnathan Swales tells us that, “a discourse community utilizes and hence possesses one or more genres in the communicative furtherance of its aims” (221). The church most dearest to me is none other than Titus Harvest Dome.
According to Wassace K. Ferguson, there was a Renaissance and he stated in The Renaissance, “The idea that there was a great revival or rebirth of literature and the arts, after a thousand years of cultural sterility, in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries originated with the Italian writers of the Renaissance themselves.… they turned for inspiration to the civilization of Roman and Greek antiquity.” (Doc. 1). While living during the Renaissance, Ferguson recognized the change initiated by the Italians that revived the Roman and Greek classics. However, Ferguson was not the only one because Petrarch, a humanist, also observed this shift in life and thinking.
Artists sympathetic to the movement developed a new repertoire of subjects, or adapted traditional ones, to reflect and emphasize Protestant ideals and teaching more broadly, the balance of power gradually shifted from religious to secular authorities in western Europe initiating a decline of Christian imagery in the protestant Church. Balance: Meanwhile, Church mounted the counter-Reformation, through than which it denounced and reaffirmed Catholic doctrine. Italy and
The Elizabethan people thought of music as being powerful and wonderful (“William”), and according to Linda Alchin’s website, music was important in Elizabethan life. To the Elizabethan people, music was a form of entertainment (“Music”). Everyone loved music, and to them, music allowed creative expression (Mahabal). Types of Elizabethan music included court, church, town, street, theater, consort, and house music.
The Catholic Church had already started its own personal Reformation by cultivating a strong movement to reform the morals and intensify the piety of both clergy and laypeople
Today, however western society has shaped this role of the church with the everyday person. The church has changed along with our modern society and it will continue to modify. Not only did the impact of the church on the people change over time, but the church itself also evolved. The early church was a communal, worshipping, and evangelical
Christianity is arguably one of the the most influential and important aspects that originated in western civilization. The religion started out as a small sect of Judaism and a man named Jesus spreading his word with a few followers. For centuries, Christians in Rome endured persecution and secret worship. With the appeal of eternal salvation and the hierarchy of the church, Christianity gradually spread, began to rise, and eventually became the prominent religion in Rome. Today, Christianity is the most widely practiced religion in the world.
The Baroque period was identified as the “Age of Absolutism” because it was a period where rulers practiced their full power to control subjects. Also during the Baroque time frame music became more leant about where it was played. Instead it only being played at churches and occasionally in some courts, it was being played at specific functions and operas. It was at this time that operas were established for the first time in history. Musicians at this time were employed for aristocrat’s courts, churches and operas although they were considered high positions yet still viewed as servants.
Growing up I was consumed by an interesting assortment of music. Musical influences were thrown at me from all directions. Whether it was the rock and roll and punk rock music my dad listened to, or the country and pop music my mom listened to, my ears were always full of different arrays of music. Having my grandma blasting gospel music and my older sister jamming Disney, music became a very influential part of my childhood.
In many public schools, music education programs are being terminated, due to budget cuts and governmental program reforms; while some believe that the arts are secondary to courses such as math and science, it has been proven that musical education helps students to improve skills such as project management, team building, effective time management, leadership, cooperation and collaboration. Due to the fact that the benefits reaped from music education overwhelm any negatives associated with it, music education programs should be kept in public schools. Music education has been quite prevalent in the United States for quite some time. Public education first began in the United States in the 1800s and Philadelphia and Boston were among the
The new form of Christianity played a major role during the Renaissance period. As people discover a new way of thinking, they began to question many of the teachings present in medieval Christianity. The new form of Christianity ran by Martin Luther was well known by the Protestant Reformation. Many Catholics and Protestants wanted a change in the church. They campaigned for a shift from the medieval learning and medieval form of Christianity.
The new form of Christianity played a major role during the Renaissance period. As people discover a new way of thinking, they began to question many of the teachings present in medieval Christianity. The new form of Christianity ran by Martin Luther’s was well known by the Protestant Reformation, however; with many Catholics and Protestants wanting a change in the church they campaigned for a shift from the medieval learning and medieval form of Christianity. However, a complete overview of the doctrines was not consented by all within the church. Many Catholics wanted to reform the church from within, but Martin Luther and his follower disagreement of church policies led him to break away from the Catholic Church.
Culture and Religion seem to be working hand in hand in society, when looking at culture we look at characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, food, social habits (things that are done natural e.g. saying please and thank you), music and arts. With religion people often use the word to mean the worship of a god or gods. However, some religions do not have gods. One thing that all religions have in common is that they help their believers to find meaning and comfort in the world by using some aspects from that particular religion. With culture and religion playing a big role in our everyday and life choices contraceptives go against a lot of cultural and religion choices and
There are several theories that regard where and when the music originated. The historiographers pointed out that there are different periods of music with each period having its own characteristics, its composers, its instruments, its rhythm and significance to the existing music today. The first three periods; Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque are expounded in this essay. The periods span through different times albeit some overlapped one another. The essay also focuses on the common factor that triggered the existence of the music periods and its impacts on each period.