The earliest form of sacred music was called

The Catholic Church was an important part of life in this time period. There were a lot of towering cathedrals with stain glass windows and the church helped out people in time of need.

Plainchant was

Middle Age Music was composed in

By 1000 a second melody was sometimes performed simultaneously with the plainchant melody, this form of church music was called

Polyphony is

Wandering minstrels performing secular music were often accompanied with the

All of the following were instruments used for noble ceremonies and battles except:

All of the following are things that the peasants dealt with except:

The notes of the middle ages were

This period brought about an explosion of new ideas in art, architecture, science and philosophy.

Artists during the Renaissance stressed proportion and perfect beauty in the sculptures and paintings, one such artist was

This Renaissance man was the ideal, he had many talents and vast knowledge. He was an artist, musician, scientist and intellect.

This Renaissance invention meant that music could be distributed throughout Europe.

The most popular instrument during the Renaissance was the

A combination of instruments, usually from one family of instruments is a

A popular, poetic, secular musical form is the

Chromaticism is

Virtuosos are

This was attended by all classes of people from peasants to royalty.

An unaccompanied passage played before the end of a piece is a

Music performed by different brass groups placed in various locations of the church is called

During the classical period

In the Romantic Period composers began to use

As far as instruments, the most important development during the Romantic Period was the