Music in the Middle Ages

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…after many suffrages, such as The Hundred Year War and the Bubonic plague. In this time secular music held more importance than sacred music. A new system of musical notations had emerged, and a composer could specify any rhythmic pattern. Now beats could be divided and sometimes use syncopation. The middle ages are not all that different from any other era. As in each era music has often been representative of society and the times.