Middle Ages Composer

musical notation catholic missal, c.1310–1320

during medieval music era (476 1400), composers wrote monophonic (single melodic line) chanting roman catholic church services. western music started becoming more of art form advances in music notation. european medieval repertory survives before 800 monophonic liturgical plainsong of roman catholic church, central tradition of called gregorian chant. alongside these traditions of sacred , church music there existed vibrant tradition of secular song (non-religious songs). examples of composers period léonin, pérotin , guillaume de machaut.