Middle Age Music, Architecture, and Theater Presentation by Rayleen Reyes, Michael Balandran, and Edward Charfauros
May 20, 2015
Middle Age Music, Architecture, and TheaterPresentation by Rayleen Reyes, Michael Balandran, and Edward Charfauros
• Introduction
• Music
• Architecture
• Theater
• Conclusion
• References
• Question & Answer Session
TimelineDark Ages and Medieval EraLifestyleReligion and ChurchArt Genres
Holy MusicPriestsCatholic ChurchDaily WorshipGregorian Chant
MusiciansInfluences StylePolyphonic MusicInstrumentsFoundation
After the Roman EmpireInfluences
Different typesRomanesque Gothic
Why these features?Maria Laach Abbey, Germany
Tum Collegiate Church, Poland
Lessay Abbey, Normandy, France
Middle Age theatre Few surviving recordsDramatizing important biblical events Celebrating annual religious eventsPageant wagon stages Performing within playsScenes of many plays
the Wakefield Cycle
Also called Towneley playsA cycle of 32 scriptural/mystery plays Early 15th century, Performed at Wakefield, EnglandFestival of Corpus Christi
the Digby Magdalene
Jacobus de Voragine's widely disseminated Golden LegendFemale saint: Mary MagdaleneWitnesses Christ's Resurrection11th through 13th centuriesControversial subject
Artists, movements, periods, and revivals Possesses a higher survival rate Christianity and the Catholic Church InfluenceCritical aspects of medieval religious lifeTheater enhances experiencesMusic, architecture, theater continues to be popular
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