medieval songs
Minstrel ballads, lute-accompanied
Medieval songs encompass the vocal music of roughly 500–1500 CE in Europe, from Gregorian chant to troubadour love poetry to bawdy tavern rounds.
The term usually implies monophonic melodies, religious or courtly themes, and performance on period instruments like lute or recorder: The ensemble performed medieval songs at the Renaissance fair.
- plainchantUnaccompanied liturgical melody
- sacred musicCompositions for worship
- aubadeMorning separation poem
- Gregorian chantMonophonic Catholic liturgical music
- chansonFrench vocal composition
troubadour · ballad · round dance · minstrel · hymn · canticle · jongleur · court jester · sequence · lai · motet · rondeau · bard · oral tradition · antiphon · wandering minstrel · courtly love · madrigal
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Fully sung dramatic spectacle
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