Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
N a t i o n a l C a pi t a l Re g i o n
Sc h o o l s D i v i s i o n O f f i c e o f La s Pi ñ a s C i t y

Name: ________________________________________ Date: __________________

Grade and Section: ______________________________Teacher: ________________

MODULE IN MUSIC 9
First Quarter
Week 1- Day 1

Topic: Musical Elements of Selected
Vocal and Instrumental Music of the
Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque
Period.
Most Essential Learning Competency:
Describe the musical elements of selected
vocal and instrumental music of Medieval,
Renaissance and Baroque Period.
(MU9MRB-lb-f-5)
What’s In : Word Search
Look for the Elements of Music below. You
may use colored pencil to find the words.
It means that music is performed with one
sound. Gregorian Chant is the most popular
music at the time of the medieval era
because Chant was sung in unison, with free
meter and in declamatory style.They also
developed a system of notation called
Neumes. Aside from Sacred music, a group
of entertainers called Troubadours were
beginning to be recognized. They have song
verses that spoke of matters about strong
emotion, crusades, communal dances daily
chores, selfish concern to spiritual and
citizenship needs of the whole community.
They have improvised musical instrument to
accompany their performances.

Renaissance Music
This era is also known as the “Golden Age of
A capella Choral Music”. Melodies are easy
to remember because of imitation.There are
What’s New : Name Game
two kinds of music , Sacred and Secular.
Are you a Disney Kid? Name the Disney
For Sacred music, they have compositions
animated films below. What do they have in
common? that sets text into music for the different part
of the liturgy called Mass. While in Secular
music, Madrigals are song for several
voices. It is a secular song with lyrics based
on poetry sung in A cappella and usually with
4-6 voices . This introduced the musical
Images are taken from Disney technique called word painting.
___________ __________ ___________
What Is It
Medieval Music

Simply described as Monophonic Music.

Baroque Music
There are two words to describe Baroque
Music, tonality and contrast. Tonality
because of the influence of Major and minor
keys from the previous period but with
intricate harmony. Contrast on the other
hand is increased emphasis on the dynamics
and volume (loud and soft), Melodies are not
easy to perform. Forms of music were
introduced. They have Concerto, Opera,
Oratorio and Chorales.
Concerto is an orchestral music with a solo
instrument accompanied by an orchestra.
Oratorio is a large musical piece that is
usually lengthy and based on some biblical
or religious event. It is performed for voice
and orchestra. The story is told through
music alone based on scripture and narration
is necessary to move from scene to scene
through recitative songs with NO scenery,
costumes and action. It includes different
parts like solo voice, chorus and orchestra. It
is not for liturgical use but may be performed
in churches and concert halls.
Chorales are metrical hymn tune sung by a
congregation during a protestant services. It
used to be in Latin hymn texts translated to
vernacular.
What I Have Learned
Describe the Musical elements of the
different Periods in Music.
Don’t Forget…
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Medieval Music is …
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Don’t Forget…
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Renaissance Music is …
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Don’t Forget…
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Baroque Music is …
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References:
References
Readings :
https://www.musictheoryacademy.com
https://www.newwordencyclopedia.org
https://www.britannica.com
https://www.dictionary.com
https://www.study.com
https://www.vocabulary.com
https://www.oxford.com
https://classicfm.com
https://ncca.gov.ph/about-ncca-
3/subcommissions/subcommission-on-the-arts-
sca/music/philippine-music-a-historical-overview/
Music and Videos :
: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzqnqan7r8w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ7VirCScp0.
https://blogs.getty.edu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW8sPGm_4z4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h363qzIivmg
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=counterpoin
t%3Abaroque+orchestra
Music Sheets:
https://m.free-scores.com
Prepared by:
PAMELA ROSE S. SUMERA
Master Teacher I
Captain Albert Aguilar National High School
SDO-Las Piñas
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
N a t i o n a l C a pi t a l Re g i o n
Sc h o o l s D i v i s i o n O f f i c e o f La s Pi ñ a s C i t y

Name: _________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Grade and Section: ______________________________ Teacher: ________________

MODULE IN MUSIC 9
First Quarter
Week 1- Day 2

Topic: Performance Practice in the Medieval, What Is It

Renaissance and Baroque Period Music. What is Performance Practice?
Performance Practice is a study led by
Most Essential Learning Competency:
Explains the performance practice ( setting, the Germans and supported by the British and
composition, role of composers/performers and French musicologist on how music was
audience) during Medieval, Renaissance and
performed in the early times.
Baroque Periods.
(MU9MRB-la-h-2)
It simply means understanding the authenticity on
What’s In : Scrambled Words
the use of musical instruments, notation,
Direction. Re- arrange the letters to form a word ornamentations, pitch, tune ,vocal production and
that describes the musical elements of the
Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Period. ensembles in a musical performance.
Then classify the words to their respective Performance Practice of the Medieval Music
Period in Music in the chart below.
1. SAMS ______________
“Boys and Gents…
2. NOCRECTO ______________
Let’s Sing…
3. THANC ______________
4. SEMNEU ______________ Halleluia!
5. DRAMGALI ______________ Halleluia!!” ….
6. RAIOTORO ______________
Medieval Choir painting by Granger from fineartamerica.com
7. ROBOTDARU ______________
8. CRAHOLES ______________ Most of the music sung in the church
9. PRAHDROHSIC ______________ were often performed unaccompanied. They
10. TELU ______________
often sung chants in unison with the monks or
Medieval Renaissance Baroque priests leading. Catholic Church would always
Period Period Period
performed Mass in a call and response way of
singing. Women were only allowed to participate
towards the end of the period because Roman
Catholic Church Choir were only composed of
men and boys choir. Below are performers of
What’s New : Baroque Music Rocks! secular music.
Jongleurs- from Western Europe who dance,
Direction. Watch the video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm8Ic2TwGjk
and did tricks
Troubadours – from South of France
Trouveres –Northern France
Say something … Minnesingers- artists knights that sang and
_______________________ wrote love songs.
To accompany the dances they use
_______________________
harps, bagpipes and drums. But for the nobility
________________________________________
they use trumpets , horns and portable organs.
_______________________________________ So what is Medieval music? It has variations,

_______________________________________ embellishment and improvisation!

_______________________________________
Performance Practice of the Renaissance
Music
This music has spontaneous
ornamentation and polyphonic style both vocal
and instrumental both sacred and secular music.
Liturgical music is less popular because
according to the people music must be clearly
understood by all. Thanks to the invention of the
printing press by Johannes Gutenberg that gave
way to recorded images of how songs would
sound and instruments look like.

JOHANNES GUTENBERG
Image taken from site.google.com Image taken from site.google.com

Performance Practice of the Baroque Music

An era where there is “Explosion of New
Musical Style”. Modes were replaced by Major
and Minor keys. And there is only one mood for
the entire piece.
Vocal Forms that developed in the Baroque
Period :
Cantata Chorale
Oratorio Opera What I Have Learned

Baroque Opera photo taken from The performance practices of the Medieval,
Pinterest.com
Renaissance and Baroque period in music
Instrumental forms that developed in
depends on the historical background of each era
the Baroque Period:
Concerto Concerto Grosso
These are the following factors that may help us
Sonata Fugues
understand how music was performed before.
Baroque Period Music also gave birth to
Performance Practice and its factors…
the first orchestra consisting of strings with violin
1.
as the main instrument. Basso Continuo or
figured bass was introduced. It is an improvising 2.
chords about the single melody. This gave way to 3.
harp, harpsichord and organ instruments to do 4.
their magic. 5.
Baroque music is simply a tool to
communicate through music. References:
Readings :
Composers and their works
https://www.musictheoryacademy.com
https://www.newwordencyclopedia.org
https://www.britannica.com
https://www.dictionary.com
https://www.study.com
https://www.vocabulary.com
https://www.oxford.com
https://classicfm.com
https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com
https://www.encyclopedia.com
https://www.britannica.com/art/musical-performance/The-Middle-Ages
https://www.rpfuller.com/gcse/music/baroque.html
https://sites.google.com/a/brvgs.k12.va.us/wh1-sem1-european-
renaissance/printing-press
https://www.baroque.org/baroque/whatis
https://cola.siu.edu/languages/undergraduate/language-
programs/german/german-101/music/baroque/bach.php
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/musicapp_historical/chapter/opera-of-the-
baroque/
Music and Videos :
https://blogs.getty.edu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdSJYgjMIfQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoYPkChHhKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhnV8IQRpVE
Music Sheets:
https://m.free-scores.com

Prepared by:
PAMELA ROSE S. SUMERA
Master Teacher I
Captain Albert Aguilar National High School
SDO-Las Piñas
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
N a t i o n a l C a pi t a l Re g i o n
Sc h o o l s D i v i s i o n O f f i c e o f La s Pi ñ a s C i t y

Name: _________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Grade and Section: ______________________________ Teacher: ________________

MODULE IN MUSIC 9
First Quarter
Week 1- Day 3
with the dancers singing in a leader and
TOPIC: Medieval, Renaissance, and refrain style while dancing.
Baroque Music to other forms of art.
Painting
MELC: Relates Medieval, Renaissance, Many writers, considered music as the
and Baroque Music to other art forms highest of the arts in relation to painting and
and its history within the era. literature, since it remains in the realm of
imagination and is not tied to a specific
What’s In: Can you guess when? represented reality (the only exception is
Classify the different words inside the box. programmatic music, of course).

Renaissance : Painting
One of the most significant achievements of
the time in music and painting is the
transition from successive to simultaneous
composition. In painting, the classical
triangle (just as the tonic triad in music)
center the image on canvas.

What’s New
Music has been an important part of theatre,
dance floor and in canvass in the Western
world. Music can reveal the inner emotional
life of a character; foretell a cruel attack or
promising love, or observation on the action
onstage, floor and painting.
Medieval: Drama / Theater
During this period there is a controversy
among musicologists as to the instrumental
accompaniment of such plays, given that
the stage directions, very elaborate and
precise. These dramas were performed by
monks, nuns and priests. In contrast to
secular plays, which were spoken, the
liturgical drama was always sung.
Drama / Theater
Music has always been an integral part of
theatrical production. Historically, almost
every known form of theatre has included a
musical element; Roman Theatre, liturgical
drama, commedia dell'arte, Renaissance
drama, Elizabethan theatre, restoration
plays, and more.
Dance
During the Renaissance one of the main
forms of entertainment was music and
dance. Music became a part of everyday life
as people began to play music and sing for
enjoyment. Music was both an art form and
a form of entertainment.

Medieval Theater
Dance
The most documented form of dance during
the middle Ages is the carol also called the
"Carole" or "Carola" and known from the 12th
and 13th centuries in Western Europe in rural Baroque : Dance
and court settings. It consisted of a group of Baroque dance was just the dances done to
dancers holding hands usually in a circle, this music – music now found in the
"classical" section of record shops. The
style includes both social (ballroom) dancing
and theatrical dancing (ballet).
Painting
Baroque painting is associated with the
Baroque cultural movement, which began in
Italy in the 17th century. In its most typical
manifestations, Baroque art is characterized
by great drama, rich, deep color, and intense
light and dark shadows. Same as true in
music. Baroque Dance
The great innovations in dance in the 17th
What is it? century originated at the French court
Medieval Dance under Louis XIV, and it is here that we see
Medieval Dance and music during the medieval the first clear stylistic ancestor of classical
period can be traced back to the early parts of the ballet. The same basic technique was used
medieval era and some even date back to the times both at social events, and as theatrical
the Anglo Saxon glee-men. Medieval dances were dance in court ballets and at public theaters.
categorized into two primary sections, the first one
was the court dance and the second the country
dance.

What I Have Learned

Medieval Theater Complete the statement inside the box.
Depending on the area of the performances, Medieval Art form
the plays were performed in the middle of
the street, on pageant wagons in the streets I learned that….
of great cities (this was inconvenient for the
actors because the small stage size made
stage movement impossible), in the halls
of nobility, or in the round in amphitheatres.

Baroque Dance form

I learned that….

Renaissance Dance
During the Renaissance period, there was a
distinction between country dances and
court dances. Court dances required the
dancers to be trained and were often for
display and entertainment, whereas References:
country dances could be attempted by Readings :
anyone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_danc
e
https://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/music.ht
m
https://interlude.hk/music-and-the-arts-in-
Renaissance Theater the-middle-ages/
In the Renaissance period, from the arts/https://www.ducksters.com/history/renai
fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries, an ssance/music_and_dance.php
interest in classical Greek and Roman art, https://theatricaleffectsandstaging.wordpres
culture and theater returned. s.com/medieval-theatre-staging/
Mapeh IV, Calubayan, Domingo, Tolentino,
Basug,
Mapeh in Action IV; Gonzales, Lacia,
Bulandi, Operario and Callo
Mpaeh IV; Santiago, Defensor, Vergara and
Baroque Painting Favila
The Baroque style is characterized by
exaggerated motion and clear detail used to
produce drama, exuberance, and grandeur Prepared by:
in sculpture, painting, architecture,
Mr. NOE M. MORGADO
literature, dance, and music. Baroque Master Teacher II
iconography was direct, obvious, and CAANHS – Main
SDO Las Pinas
dramatic, intending to appeal above all to
the senses and the emotions.
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Name: _________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Grade and Section: ______________________________ Teacher: ________________

MODULE IN MUSIC 9
First Quarter
Week 1- Day 4

TOPIC: Musical instruments of Medieval, The Harp was a favorite instrument of

Renaissance and Baroque Period troubadours and minstrels and was about
30 inches in length
MELC: Improvise appropriate
accompaniment from selected music of
Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque
Period.

What’s In: Guess the Instruments

Not all people are fond of playing musical
instruments but there are some who are
famous because of how they are played
instruments. How about you are you one of Fiddle – There were a variety of Medieval
them? Can you name some musical fiddles which were played with a bow or
instruments? Let’s try it. flucked and usually held under the chin or in
thr crook of the arm.

1. ______________ 2. ______________

Trumpet – Long instrument made of metal ,

often four parts – often associated with
fanfares and pageants.

3. _____________ 4. ______________

What’s New
Classifications of Musical Instruments
There were many Musical Instruments
that can be described as part of
the following categories:
Recorder was also an extremely basic
 Woodwind Instruments - Musical instrument with melody holes.
instruments which were blown like
trumpets or bagpipes

 String Instruments - Musical

instruments which were played with
a bow or plucked

 Percussion Instruments - various
forms of drums and bells were used
during the Medieval times
Bagpipe was an ancient instrument, used by
By the poorest people and was made using
a goat or sheep skin and a red pipe.
What I Have Learned : Getting lessons
from the discussion
What lessons did you get from the topic?
Write a few words or phrases on the space
provided
Musical Instruments

Activity No. 1 . In your Oslo, Draw any of

musical instruments you like most

References:
Mapeh IV, Calubayan, Domingo, Tolentino,
Basug,
Mapeh in Action IV; Gonzales, Lacia,
Bulandi, Operario and Callo
MApeh IV; Santiago, Defensor, Vergara and
Favila
Stirring the Soul Mind and Body IV ;
Amorzolo, Narvaza, Dela Cruz and Goso
https://artsandculture.google.com/usergalle
ry/pgKiYHawYnw9JA
https://caslabs.case.edu/medren
http://www.medieval-life-and-
times.info/medieval-music/medieval-
musical-
instruments.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Activity 2: Describe the Three Categories of
Baroque_instruments
musical instruments.
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-
musicappreciationtheory/chapter/overview-
Stringed of-baroque-instrumental-music/
Instruments http://www.lordsandladies.org/musical-
instruments-middle-ages.htm
http://courses.music.indiana.edu/m401/instr
um.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwJLKd
Wind U50KE
Percussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfiAsW
Instruments
R4qU
Instruments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7QlxvT
IU6Q

Prepared by:

MR. NOE M. MORGADO

Master Teacher II
CAANHS - Main
SDO Las Piñas
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
N a t i o n a l C a pi t a l Re g i o n
Sc h o o l s D i v i s i o n O f f i c e o f La s Pi ñ a s C i t y

Name: _________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Grade and Section: ______________________________ Teacher: ________________

MODULE IN MUSIC 9
First Quarter
Week 2- Day 1

Tambourine – This musical instruments

TOPIC: Musical instruments of Medieval,
traditionally used by the women in 14th
Renaissance and Baroque Period
century.
MELC: Improvise appropriate
accompaniment from selected music of
Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque
Period.

What’s In: Let’s have a recap!

Let”s review what we have discussed in our Harpsichord – A harp – shaped instrument
past lesson. Do you still remember the of music set horizontally on legs, like the
musical instruments? Can you name it? grand piano.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

What’s New
Classifications of Musical Instruments
There were many Musical Instruments Lute – Any plucked string instrument with n
that can be described as part of neck and a deep round back enclosing a
the following categories: hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or
opening in the body.
 Woodwind Instruments - Musical
instruments which were blown like
trumpets or bagpipes

 String Instruments - instruments

which were played with a bow or
plucked

 Percussion Instruments - various Activity 1. Clasification

forms of drums and bells were used Directions: Divide the instruments
during the Medieval times according to its classification.
Fiddle Piano Triangle
Cymbals – Thin round concave metal
Harpsichord Bagpipe Lute
plates
Drum Dulcimer Cymbals

Recorder

Stringed Wind Percussion

Triangle – A musical instrument introduced

during 14th century .
Activity No.2 Video Clip viewing! Watch the
following video clips : Improvise an
appropriate accompaniment for every song.
Make a video using your cellphone
accompanying the songs. Pass your
recorded video through online..
1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwJL
KdU50KE
2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfiAs
WR4qU
3.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Qlx
vTIU6Q
What I Have Learned:
Describe the musical instruments of different
Period in Music:
Medieval, Renaissance and
Baroque Period
References:
Mapeh IV, Calubayan, Domingo, Tolentino,
Basug,
Mapeh in Action IV; Gonzales, Lacia,
Bulandi, Operario and Callo
MApeh IV; Santiago, Defensor, Vergara and
Favila
Stirring the Soul Mind and Body IV ;
Amorzolo, Nar vaza, Dela Cruz and Goso
https://artsandculture.google.com/usergalle
ry/pgKiYHawYnw9JA
https://caslabs.case.edu/medren
http://www.medieval-life-and-
times.info/medieval-music/medieval-
musical-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_instru
ments
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-
musicappreciationtheory/chapter/overview-
of-baroque-instrumental-music/
http://www.lordsandladies.org/musical-
instruments-middle-ages.htm
http://courses.music.indiana.edu/m401/instr
um.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwJLKd
U50KE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfiAsW
R4qU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7QlxvT
IU6Q
Prepared by:
MR. NOE M. MORGADO
Master Teacher II
CAANHS - Main
SDO Las Piñas
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
N a t i o n a l C a pi t a l Re g i o n
Sc h o o l s D i v i s i o n O f f i c e o f La s Pi ñ a s C i t y

Name: _________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Grade and Section: ______________________________ Teacher: ________________

MODULE IN MUSIC 9
First Quarter
Week 2- Day 2

MELC: Performs music from Medieval,

Renaissance and Baroque Period.

WHAT’S IN

Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque

music have distinctive characteristics. The
following activities will develop your musical
skills as you incorporate the different musical
concepts that you have learned in the first part
of this module.
WHAT’S NEW
How was Medieval, Renaissance and
Baroque Music notated?
Music notation or musical notation is
the system of visually recording music or
sounds sung by the human voice or produced
by musical instruments. This system is made
for the purpose of passing the musical
compositions from the composer to people
who want to sing or play the music.
Music notation during the Renaissance Period.
The neumes had been transformed into
diamond note heads.
Baroque music introduced the figured
bass notation for the basso continuo. The
bass notes of the music are written, along
with numbers and other signs that determine
which chords the harpsichordist, organist or
lutenist should improvise. Aside from that,
baroque music was also known for being
elaborate and ornamental, and so was its
musical notation.

During the medieval period, chants were

taught orally. However, as the number of
chants increased, singers needed help in
remembering the outlines of the melodies.
Later, the chants were notated in the
manuscript as a single melodic line without
accompaniment. Neumes were written above
the words to suggest the contour of the
melody. Eventually, musical notation of the
period was written as square notes on a four-
line staff.

WHAT IS IT?

Music has been passed on from

generation to generation. It is amazing how
musical notations can still be used up to the
present day, and we can sing, play, and hear
the music of different composers. Now, let us
listen to the music and follow the notes in the
music sheet (see full music sheet in the
video). Take note of the different musical
elements. Compare medieval, renaissance,
and baroque music with each other. Site their
similarities and differences.
Around 1400, the French system was
adopted across Europe, and became the
standard form of notation of the Renaissance
music of the 15th and 16th centuries.
1. Medieval music WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

Ave Maria (Gregorian chant) 1. Music notation or musical notation is the

system of visually recording music or
Link: sounds sung by the human voice or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUPZSZ produced by musical instruments.
fPZvg&pbjreload=101 2. During the medieval period, neumes were
written above the words to suggest the
contour of the melody.
3. The standard musical notation was
adopted during the renaissance period.
4. Figured bass notation was devised in the
baroque period for the basso continuo.
5. Musical notation has been a significant
tool in preserving music and passing it
from generation to generation.

References
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_notation
https://www.musictheoryacademy.com/perio
ds-of-music/medieval-music/
 https://www.wqxr.org/story/how-was-musical-
notation-invented-brief-history
https://www.britannica.com/art/Baroque-
music
 https://www.musictheoryacademy.com/perio
ds-of-music/medieval-music/
 https://www.wqxr.org/story/how-was-musical-
2. Renaissance music notation-invented-brief-history
 https://www.britannica.com/art/Baroque-
music
Sicut Cervus
by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palastrina

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mdmc
o61Htk

3. Baroque music

Toccata and Fugue in d minor

by Johann Sebastian Bach

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGKfqS
JbeAg

Prepared by :
Faith Joy A. Dela Rosa
Teacher I
Captain Albert Aguilar National High School
SDO Las Piñas
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
N a t i o n a l C a pi t a l Re g i o n
Sc h o o l s D i v i s i o n O f f i c e o f La s Pi ñ a s C i t y

Name: _________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Grade and Section: ______________________________ Teacher: ________________

MODULE IN MUSIC 9
First Quarter
Week 2 – Day 3 & 4

MELC: Identifies the musical instruments and
other sound sources from the lowlands of Luzon
(MU7LU-Ia-1).
WHAT’S IN
With all the Medieval, Renaissance and
Baroque music that you have studied and
listened to these past weeks, do you now know
their common musical characteristics? What are
the unique features of each musical period? Can
you describe how the musical style changed or
evolved from the previous period?
WHAT’S NEW
Medieval Period
 Most important musicians were priests and
worked for the church.
 Women were not allowed to sing in church but
did make music in convents.
 Only sacred music was notated.
 The church frowned on instruments, because
of their earlier role in pagan rites.
 The organ was prominent.
A Medieval period painting depicting
a priest teaching liturgical music
Latin texts and sung without accompaniment.
It was named after Pope Gregory I who
reorganized the Catholic liturgy.
 Gregorian chants used unfamiliar scales
called church modes.
 Troubadours and trouveres were French
nobles who composed mostly secular music.
 Wandering minstrels or jongleurs (jugglers)
performed music ad acrobatics in castles,
taverns, and tow squares.
Renaissance Period
 The invention of printing widened the
circulation of music, too, and the number of
composers and performers increased.
 The church remained an important patron of
music, but musical activity gradually shifted to
the courts. The nobility often brought their
musicians along when traveling from one
castle to another.
 Renaissance town musicians played for civic
processions, wedding, and religious services.
 Vocal music was still more important than
instrumental music.
 Renaissance composers often used word
painting, musical representation of specific
poetic images.
 The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly
polyphonic. This is also the “golden age” of
unaccompanied—a capella—choral music.

 In the later Medieval Period, instruments were

a source of constant conflict between
composers, who wanted to create elaborate
compositions, and church authorities, who
wanted music only as a discreet
A Renaissance painting showing lutenists
accompaniment to the religious service. studying a musical piece
 For over 1,000 years, the official music of the Baroque Period

Roman Catholic church has been Gregorian  Early baroque composers favored

chant, which consists of melody set to sacred homophonic texture over the polyphonic
texture typical of Renaissance music. By the
late baroque period, polyphonic textured
returned to favor.
 During the late baroque, instrumental music
became as important as vocal music for the
first time.
 The orchestra evolved into a performing group
based on the instruments of the violin family.
The opera is a drama sung to orchestral
accompaniment.
 The music of composers Johann Sebastian
Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Antonio
Vivaldi still lives up to this date.
The three major composers of Baroque music: Bach, Handel
and Vivaldi
WHAT IS IT?
Music has always played an important role
in our lives, especially in our spirituality. One of
the most famous Baroque composition which is
used up to this date is George Frideric Handel’s
Hallelujah Chorus from the oratorio Messiah.
A Brief Background on Handel’s Messiah
Handel’s crowning achievement, Messiah, was
not an immediate success. In 1741, Handel was
heavily in debt following a string of musical failures. It
seemed that his career was over and he may even be
forced to go to debtors’ prison. On April 8, 1741,
Handel gave what he believed to be his final concert.
Later that year, two key events changed the
course of Handel’s life and the landscape of music
forever—his friend Charles Jennens wrote a libretto
taken from the Bible, based on the life of Jesus Christ,
and gave it to Handel. Then, Handel was given funding
by a group of charities from Dublin, Ireland, to compose
a new work for a benefit performance that would help
free men from debtors’ prison. Handel would also
receive his own commission for composing the work,
which in turn helped him on his path to reversing his
own misfortune.
The composition of Messiah, the complete 260-
page oratorio, began on August 22, 1741, and was
composed in just 24 days, when Handel finished the
final orchestration on September 14, 1741,
History of “Hallelujah Chorus”
Handel composed Messiah without getting
much sleep or even eating much food. When his
assistants brought him his meals, they were often left
uneaten. His servants would often find him in tears as
he composed. When he completed “Hallelujah,” he
reportedly told his servant, “I did think I did see all
Heaven before me, and the great God Himself seated
on His throne, with His company of Angels.”
Although the first performance in Dublin on April
13, 1742, was a huge success, Messiah wasn’t met
with the same excitement in London the following
season. Six scheduled performances were cancelled
by Handel in 1743, Messiah was completely removed
from the 1744 schedule, and it wasn’t performed in
London until 1749.
In another reversal of fortunes, London’s
Foundling Hospital held a fundraising concert, where
Handel performed a mix of new music and well as older
pieces including the “Hallelujah” chorus. At the time,
Messiah was still somewhat unknown to London
audiences, but the concert was so well received that
Handel was invited back the next year, where he
performed the entire Messiah oratorio. Performances
of Messiah became an Eastertime tradition at the
Foundling Hospital until the 1770s. Earnings from
many early performances of the oratorio were used to
help the poor, needy, orphaned, widowed, and sick.
In 1910 the Mormon Tabernacle Choir made its
first recordings, which included the “Hallelujah” chorus;
this was most likely the first recording of Messiah music
outside of England. It was also the first recording of a
Messiah piece to use an established choir, as all early
recordings were made using temporary choirs
comprised of provisional singers.
Text for “Hallelujah” comes from the book of
Revelation in the New Testament. Revelation 19:6:
“Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.”
Revelation 19:16: “And he hath on his vesture and on
his thigh a name written, King of Kings, and Lord of
Lords.” Revelation 11:15 reads, “And he shall reign for
ever and ever.”
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED
1. Medieval music was mostly vocal,
monophonic, and gave more significance to
sacred and devotional vocal music than
instrumental and secular.
2. Renaissance period is the “golden age” of a
capella and secular music slowly gained
patronage among the nobility.
3. During the late baroque period, instrumental
music became as important as vocal music.
Orchestra and opera emerged during this
period.
4. The trend in music changes from period to
period. This is a result along with changes in
the different fields of arts and culture, by the
society where it exists.
References
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_notation
https://www.musictheoryacademy.com/perio
ds-of-music/medieval-music/
 https://www.wqxr.org/story/how-was-musical-
notation-invented-brief-history
https://www.britannica.com/art/Baroque-
music
 https://www.musictheoryacademy.com/perio
ds-of-music/medieval-music/
 https://www.wqxr.org/story/how-was-musical-
notation-invented-brief-history
 https://www.britannica.com/art/Baroque-
music
Prepared by :
Faith Joy A. Dela Rosa
Teacher I
Captain Albert Aguilar National High School
SDO Las Piñas