Medieval Period in Music History Quick Guide – Music Composers – Music History

The Medieval Period Quick Guide in Music History is a quick guide to music samples, videos, fun facts, and major composers of the medieval period of western art music history. This interactive slideshow allows you to introduce middle school or junior high students to music in the medieval period.

 

**Now compatible with both Google™ Slides and PowerPoint**

 

This resource is perfect for:

• general music teachers
• middle school music teachers
• high school music teachers
• homeschoolers

WHAT YOU’LL GET IN THE MEDIEVAL POWERPOINT SLIDESHOW PRESENTATION:

 

VIDEO LINKS

Please review each video thoroughly before showing to your students.

 

You have the option of playing through Youtube, Safeshare, or Viewpure.

an internet connection is required to view each video.

• cartoon timeline history of the middle ages
• overview of music in the Medieval Period
• demonstration of medieval instruments
• history of musical notation in the West
• development of Solfége

 

MUSICAL TERMS

• plainchant
• monophony
• polyphony
• ars nova
• secular music
• sacred music

 

FUN FACTS

• brief list of fun facts about the Medieval Period

 

ARTIFACTS

• images of medieval art, written music, and instruments

 

COMPOSER PAGE FEATURES

• video links to watch and hear their most well-known pieces
• birth year and death
• a map to show where they were born
• several facts about their life as composers and musicians

 

COMPOSERS

• Guido de Arezzo
• Hildegard von Bingen
• Léonin
• Pérotin
• Philippe de Vitry
• Guillame de Machaut
• Francesco Landini
• Guillaume Dufay

 

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, PROJECT GUIDES, & WORKSHEETS

includes Google Form links along with printable PDF pages

• editable outline of the slideshow presentation (in Microsoft Word)
• students travel back in time to write a journal entry on what they see, hear, and experience in the medieval period
• students write historical fiction using a medieval composer as a prominent character
• students compare and contrast today’s music with music from the medieval period
• students compare and contrast musical periods
• students name facts they know about each composer featured in the slideshow

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

• instructions to play your the slideshow via PowerPoint and Google Slides
• instructions to play audio samples and videos

 

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WHAT CUSTOMERS LOVE ABOUT THIS QUICK GUIDE:

 

“This is so clear and organized. My 5th graders study the Middle Ages and we do a whole music unit on it. This was a wonderful supplement for it. Thank you so much!”

 

“Thank you so much for this awesome resource. It has been so helpful, and the video links are great! The worksheets have been amazing for my students as well. It’s been another opportunity to tie in critical thinking skills! Well worth it for me!”

 

“What a phenomenal resource! I was looking for something like this and I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect presentation! Thank you for the thorough and beautifully done resource!”

 

“I absolutely love everything you make. So simple and clean-looking yet thorough and informative. This is really great now that I’m teaching middle schoolers and want to touch on some history. My trouble has always been finding videos that aren’t geared more toward high school and college students but these videos are perfect! I hope you come out with more presentations of other time periods! : )”

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