What type of secular music appear in the Middle Ages? Name two types of performers responsible for different secular music in the Middle Ages? What functions dis the music serve?

Secular music in the Middle Ages included love songs, political satire, dances, and dramatical works, but also moral subjects, even religious but just not for church use.

Early secular musicians, called troubadours and trouvères, performed their music for the entertainment of the rich, as opposed to the minstrel image we usually conjure up.

Respondents were asked to what degree their favorite music serves several functions in their life. The functions were summarized in seven main groups: background entertainment, prompt for memories, diversion, emotion regulation, self-regulation, self-reflection, and social bonding.

1# d

2# b

3# e

4# c

5# a