Unit+3

What is YOUR **knowledge** and what are YOUR **perceptions** about "Early Music" and the __world__ //before// Columbus? (1500) Type your 'answers' (guesses) in your wiki portfolio under unit 3. Thanks! **Musical Characteristics** The sounds of street hawkers, the songs sung in the fields to lighten the tedium of labor, the dances that accompanied so many festivities, much of the music intended for the stage, and even the musical component of many tro ubadour songs have proven ephemeral. The sacred music was an extension of Gregorian chant, a style music that was also unaccompanied by instruments. **Instruments** Recorder, Organ, Woodwinds, Pan Flute, Strings Instruments, Bagpipe, Dulcian, Harp, Kortholt, Organetto, Harpsichord, Lizard, Rackett, Sacbut, Shofar, Bladder Pipe, Dulcimer, Cornamuse, Gamba, Crumhorn, Gemshorn, Hirtenschalmei, Hurdy-Gurdy, Lute, Mute-Cornett, Percussion, Pipe and Tabor, Psaltery, Rauscphfeife, Rebec, Schalmei, Serpent, Shawm, Transverse Flute, Viol, Zink

**Composers** J.S.Bach, Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Ockeghem, Jacob Obrecht, and Josquin des Prez **Time Periods** Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque

** Geography **Western European
 * Politic &** ** Government ** Reformation Austria

**Religion** Christian, Roman Chatolic

**Science** Galileo Galilei


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**Exploration** Discovery islands

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