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what kind of music did they play in the middle ages??

Answer 1

Medieval. Example: Hildegard von Bingen.

Answer 2

Music in the medieval times (middle ages) was undergoing a transformation between music that was passed on aurally and that which was written down. Music notation was very basic during, say, the 11th and 12th centuries but quickly became much more complex and sophisticated during the 13th to 15th centuries.

The former (improvised and aurally transmitted) kind of music was represented by travelling musicians such as troubadors and trouveres, and we can only guess at what that music was like because it was never written down.

However, we do have 100s of examples of music by the first great composers who wrote their music down. These included Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), Léonin (fl 1150-1201), Pérotin (fl 1200s), Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361), Francesco Landini (c 1325-1397) and, most famously and greatly, Guillaume de Machaut (c 1300-1377). Later composers such as Binchois (c 1400-1460) and Dufay (c 1400-1474) were in that strange but beautiful period between Medieval and Renaissance.

The music at the beginning of the Medieval period which we have written down was predominantly plainchant (as in Gregorian chant). As notation was developed some very complex, even 'avant garde' music was created in the late 14th century. This was faciliated by the freedom afforded by the notational system in use at that time where barlines did not exist and there was a free and adventurous attitude to rhythm.

Most of the music of the Medieval period was written for voices but there was a huge range of fascinating musical instruments. Although we know exactly what they were (from contemporary drawings and theses) and can reproduce modern copies of them, there were almost never any instructions in the music about when and if instruments would join the voices in such Medieval compositions. There are many compositions from this time that have no words attached, which, presumably were intended as (often highly experimental) purely instrumental works but no clear indication is usually found as to which instruments were expected to perform these works.

The music of the medieval period is one of the liveliest and most interesting of any time in musical history and there are plenty of recordings out there to choose from. Start with Machaut and then branch out in each direction. You will make some amazing discoveries.

Answer 3

Medieval (circa 476 AD - 1400 AD) music was primarily the style, with Renaissance style not coming into the picture until after 1400.

Answer 4

Two kinds. Medieval church music was either plainsong, or composed masses and motets etc. without any instrumental accompaniment. Secular music included various kinds of dances plated on a wide variety of intruments - see http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html. There were art songs sung by the troubadours and trouveres which mainly dealt with courtly love.

Answer 5

I think it would have been Renaissance, or Medieval