MUSIC: MIDDLE AGES

1) What period does the Middle Ages cover?

    It goes from the 5th Century to the 15th Century.
2) What general characteristics does it have (according to the teacher’s comments)?

    People sang in the streets, and they sang in cathedrals too, like the gregorian              chants, and there are different social classes: some people had privileges, but              other people not.
3) What is the main difference between “troubadours” and “minstrels”?

    Minstrels travelled to win food or money, they offered their street shows in public places.

    Troubadours ,were medieval musicians and poets, who composed their works and                  interpreted them.

4) Pay attention to these two monuments (a Romanic church and a Gothic cathedral).      What do their different heights have in common with the music evolution of those        centuries?

    In the Romanic church, they sang highed-pitched songs, and in the Gothic                    cathedral they sang low-pitched songs.

5) What do you feel looking at these pictures (taken from the 19th century but                  directly linked to the Middle Ages)? In your own opinion, what kind of music could      accompany these images?

    It transmits me sadness.

6) Why does Heavy Metal music love this aesthetic? 

    Because we can say the heavy metal music is agressive, like dragons and knights,      and the rhythm of heavy metal songs is very ''strong''.