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 12th and 13th 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.
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