influence of roman catholic church on music in middle ages
Medieval music
Around AD 1011 , the Roman Catholic Church wanted to standardize the Mass and chant across its empire . At this time , Rome was the religious centre of western Europe , and Paris was the political centre . The standardization effort consisted mainly of combining these two ( Roman and Gallican ) regional liturgies . Pope Gregory I and Charlemagne sent trained singers throughout the Holy Roman Empire to teach this new form of chant . This body of chant became known as Gregorian Chant , named after Pope Gregory I. By the 12th and 13th centuries , Gregorian chant had superseded all the other Western chant traditions , with the exception of the Ambrosian chant in Milan and the Mozarabic chant in a few specially designated Spanish chapels . Hildegard von Bingen ( 1098 -- 1179 ) was the earliest known female composer . She wrote many monophonic works for the Catholic Church , almost all of them for female voices . 
Around AD 1011 , the Roman Catholic Church wanted to standardize the Mass and chant across its empire . At this time , Rome was the religious centre of western Europe , and Paris was the political centre . The standardization effort consisted mainly of combining these two ( Roman and Gallican ) regional liturgies . Pope Gregory I and Charlemagne sent trained singers throughout the Holy Roman Empire to teach this new form of chant . This body of chant became known as Gregorian Chant , named after Pope Gregory I. By the 12th and 13th centuries , Gregorian chant had superseded all the other Western chant traditions , with the exception of the Ambrosian chant in Milan and the Mozarabic chant in a few specially designated Spanish chapels . Hildegard von Bingen ( 1098 -- 1179 ) was the earliest known female composer . She wrote many monophonic works for the Catholic Church , almost all of them for female voices .
Around AD 1011, the Roman Catholic Church wanted to standardize the Mass and chant across its empire.  Pope Gregory I and Charlemagne sent trained singers throughout the Holy Roman Empire to teach this new form of chant.  This body of chant became known as Gregorian Chant, and by the 12th and 13th centuries, Gregorian chant had superseded all the other Western chant traditions, with the exception of the Ambrosian chant in Milan and the Mozarabic chant in a few specially designated Spanish chapels.
Around AD 1011 , the Roman Catholic Church wanted to standardize the Mass and chant across its empire . Pope Gregory I and Charlemagne sent trained singers throughout the Holy Roman Empire to teach this new form of chant . This body of chant became known as Gregorian Chant , named after Pope Gregory I. By the 12th and 13th centuries , Gregorian chant had superseded all the other Western chant traditions , with the exception of the Ambrosian chant in Milan and the Mozarabic chant in a few specially designated Spanish chapels .
Around AD 1011, the Roman Catholic Church wanted to standardize the Mass and chant across its empire.  This body of chant became known as Gregorian Chant, and by the 12th and 13th centuries, Gregorian chant had superseded all the other Western chant traditions.
Around AD 1011 , the Roman Catholic Church wanted to standardize the Mass and chant across its empire . Pope Gregory I and Charlemagne sent trained singers throughout the Holy Roman Empire to teach this new form of chant . This body of chant became known as Gregorian Chant , named after Pope Gregory I. By the 12th and 13th centuries , Gregorian chant had superseded all the other Western chant traditions , with the exception of the Ambrosian chant in Milan and the Mozarabic chant in a few specially designated Spanish chapels .