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Gregorian Religion Vs Western Music Essay

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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 …show more content…

 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

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