Your task is to choose ONE video and answer the following questions in ONE SINGLE paragraph. The paragraph should answer all the questions below and be exactly 300 WORDS. Please use all of the questions below to help you describe the piece of music that you choose. Please check your grammar. You are only writing one paragraph in YOUR OWN WORDS.

1. Medieval Gregorian Chant. Composer: Anonymous. Year unknown 450-1400 AD

1. What are the performing forces? Only voices, only instruments, or a combination of the two?

2. Do you notice the use of a drone? 

3. How would you characterize the rhythm? Does it seem to float or is there a clearly defined beat?

4.  Do you hear more than one part, or in other words, is it polyphonic?

5.  If it is vocal music, is the text sacred or secular? 

6. What do we know about the history of this piece of music? Describe as much as you can.