Ancient and Medieval Music History

Why was music so important to the Ancient Greeks?

• They believed music could heal the body and soul.

• It was pretty.

• Music could be used in battle.

What is so important about the Epitaph of Seikolos

• It is the only surviving complete piece of music from the time period.

• It is the oldest surviving piece of music from the time period.

• Someone famous wrote it.

• It was written down.

Who discovered the relationship between pitches?

• Pythagoras

• Socrates

• Aristotle

Define polyphony.

• Music has an independent line

• Music has one line

• Music has an embellished line

• Music, poetry, and dancing

Why does our current music system come from the Ancient Greeks and not the Ancient Romans?

• The Romans absorbed a lot of the Greek traditions.

• Greeks are cooler than Romans.

• We decided we liked how the Greeks did music better than the Romans.

• It is unknown why.

Who came up with musica mundane, musica human, and musica instrumentalis?

• Boethius

• Pythagoras

• Socrates

• Elton John