Middle Ages
Hildegard of Bingen
Bernart de Ventadorn
Leonin
Perotin
de Vitry
Machaut
Plainchant or Gregorian chant
monophonic, consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line. It generally has a more free rhythm
Court, or troubadour or trouvere songs
Organum
plainchant melody with at least one added voice to enhance the harmony
Motet
Estampie
Minstrels and Jongleurs
Mass and Divine Office
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Recitational and melodic chant styles
Neumes
Sequence
Antiphonal
Responsorial
Drone
Troubadours
Trouveres
Minnesingers
Alba
Pastourelle
Polyphony
Notre Dame school
Ars Nova
Isorhythm
Hocket