MUSIC 0822 - SP TOPCS IN RENASNC MUSIC

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This class explores music of the 15th and 16th centuries, emphasizing changing approaches to composition, expression, and aesthetics. In reading writings on music by some of the age's greatest thinkers, we will question Renaissance views concerning the many powers ascribed to music: religious, social, communicative, and even medicinal. Furthermore, we will frequently come face-to-face with medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, considering their role in both the creation and consumption of music. Assignments will address the basic problems raised by the study of early music, including questions of style and structure, debates about performance practice, the relationship between music and text, and issues of cultural history. The ability to read music is not required; we will rely on recordings and manuscript facsimiles instead of modern scores.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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