The Chant

Early Medieval Music was before 1150 beginning with the chant, which is a monophonic sacred form to represent the earliest known music of the Christian Church. It developed differently in different countries, though the most important ones were Rome, Hispania, Gaul, Milan and Ireland. Each region developed its own chant and costumes for celebrations. Around 1011 AD, the Roman Catholic Church wanted to standardize the Mass and Chant.  Rome was the religious center of Western Europe, while Paris was the Political center.  The Gregorian chant is the term that it is known as. By the 12^th and 13^th centuries the Gregorian chant had surpassed the other western chant traditions, with the exception of the Ambrosian chant in Milan and the Mozarabic chant in a few Spanish chapels.