Documents Chapter 4 music theory in the monastery

1. CHAPTER 4MUSIC THEORY IN THE MONASTERY 2. A Need for Musical Notation Arises• Educated musicians of the Middle Ages werechurch men or women – monasteries/cathedralswere…

Education The Middle Ages

1. The Middle Ages 500–1450 2. Important historical events • Fall of Roman Empire (c. 476) • Dark Ages (500–1000)—all power flowed from the king with the approval…