The investigation „Gedœne ân wort daz ist ein tôter galm“ consists of five single studies that treat the relationship between (monophonic) music and text in the high and late middle ages. Against the scientific opinion the investigation sketches a model of systematic analyzation, which deals with the structural elements of space, time an movement. The investigation is based on the material of the „Ludus Danielis“, the cistercian hymn-production, elected songs of Neidhart of Reuental, Oswald of Wolkenstein and the „Marienleich“ of Heinrich of Meißen.