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Middle Ages

450-
450-1450

Minstr
Minstre
strels
• Means a "little servant"
• Often created own ballads or memorized long poems
• Usually required different skills besides music
• Musical themes :chivalry, courtly love, but also told stories of far away lands and
historical events

Troubadours
• Considered the “elite” of the time; Originated from aristocratic poets and
musicians of France
• Originally traveling musicians
• Mainly dealt with musical themes of chivalry and courtly love

Harp
Lute

Pope Gregory
• B. 540 – D. 640
• Produce collection of chants called “Antiphoner” and later
called “Gregory chants” in honor of him

Guido d'Arezzo
• B. 992 – D.
• Regarded as author (reformer) of music notation
• Monk of the Bendictine order

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