• The history of Western Art Music is closely tied to the history of the Western Christian Church as an institution (not its faith, but its organization and administration).
  
• Chapter 2 is general historical background for late antiquity and the early middle ages. Use Stolba's timeline as the basis for starting your own timeline, but remember that Stolba sometimes overlaps her timelines from one chapter to the next, and sometimes stacks two pages of timelines on a single page. Your assignment is to make a single, integrated timeline. Look ahead and plan ahead.
  
• Get straight in your own mind what was happening and who was important between 300 and 500 A.D.; between 500 and 600; around 800. Be sure you understand everything in the Chapter Summaries.
  
• Chapter 3 is an excellent introduction to the music of the early Church. We'll spend some class time on it, so come to class prepared. Be sure you understand everything in the Chapter Summary.

Chapter 2

• The 4th century (300s)
  • How were Emperor Constantime and Emperor Theodosius important to the early Church? (Know high points and dates)
  • What was the Vulgate, and why did it appear when it did?
    
• The 5th & 6th centuries (400s & 500s)
  • When was the fall of Rome?
  • When did monasticism arise?
  • Who was Boethius and why was he important?
  • What was the Byzantine Church (don't bother learning Greek terminology)
  • Who was Pope Gregory "The Great," when did he reign, and what did he do?
  • What 3 types of psalmody (recitation of the psalms) were adopted from Jewish Synagogue practice?
    
• The 7th century (600s)
  • What is the history of the establishment and spread of Islam?
    
• The 8th & 9th centuries (700s-800s)
  • What was the Carolingian Empire and why important in European history?
  • What were the Papal States and why important?
  • What was the Holy Roman Empire and how did it get started?
  • What happened to bring about Carolingian reform of Old Roman chant?

Chapter 3

• "Gregorian" chant (also called plainchant or plainsong)
  • What term defines 2 or more single notes drawn together in a combined figure?
  • Which note was the only one that could be altered?
  • What was Centonization?
  • What was Magadizing?
    
• The church modes
  • What were the four notes used as the finals of the 8 church modes? (treated in Chapter 5)
  • What were the Greek names applied to the 8 church modes?
  • What were the 3 factors used to identify the mode of a chant?
    
• Types of chant
  • What were the three ways in which notes were set to texts (having to do with the number of notes per syllable of text)?
    
• Types of chant performance
  • What were the three ways in which a chant might have been performed (going back to Jewish Synagog practice)?
    
• Psalm tones & reciting tones
  • What were the characteristics of the kind of chant used to recite Psalms and some other texts and prayers?
    
• Regional liturgies: Where and when did each of these develop?
  • Old Roman (duh!!)
  • Byzantine
  • Mozarabic
  • Celtic
  • Ambrosian
  • Gallican
  • Sarum
  • "Gregorian"