| The phrase Middle Ages refers to the Period of Europen history spanning? |
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| The “dark ages” in Europe |
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| Began about 450 with the disintegration of the Roman Empire |
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| In the Middle Ages, jmost important musicians were |
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| Avirtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages was held by |
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| During the Middle Ages, women |
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| were not permitted to sing in church |
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| church officials expected monks to sing with |
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| proper pronciation and tone quality. |
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| Bernard of Clairvaux ordered his monks to sing |
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| vigorously with manliness. |
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| The church frowned on instruments because of thier |
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| earlier role in pagan rites. |
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| The use of organs in church |
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| distracted the listeners from worship. |
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| What we know about instruments in church comes from |
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| the pictures and literary descriptions of the day. |
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| a primitive instrument whose keys were operated by heavy blows of the fist. |
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| In the middle ages the organ |
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| gradually evolved into a flexible instrument that could play intricate polyphonic music. |
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| We know from paintings and literary descriptions of the middle ages that |
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