Music! Its Role and Importance in Our LivesChapter 17:
Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque MusicWeb Links
| Trouvere Medieval Minstrels | | Musicians such as The Trouveres bring the Medieval tradition of traveling minstrels into the modern day. The “Trouvere in the Schools” link will take you to the “Trouvere Resource Site,” where you can find out more about Medieval instruments and dances. Download a Medieval dance and follow the directions to dance along.
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http://www.medievalminstrels.com/
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| Gregorian Chant Notation | | Can you figure out how to break the code of Gregorian Chant notation? Learn how to read and sight-sing the unusual-looking notes the monks used, and translate it into modern notation.
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http://lphrc.org/Chant/
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| Well-Tempered Clavier | | Shockwave player allows you to follow along with both the musical notation and a graphic representation of the fugues from J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier while the music plays. Watch carefully as the fugue’s subject and countersubject move through the form. Also, scroll through the sidebar for more information about the pieces.
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http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/wtc.html
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| Baroque On! | | Start by searching through the score of Handel’s Concerto Grosso, Opus 5, No. 5 for important features of Baroque music. Then listen to the music. Move on to the “Bass Heavy” link to learn about the continuo, and then explore how Handel composed this concerto. Later, take a quiz and even play along with the concerto.
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http://www.abc.net.au/music/baroque/default.htm
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