MUS 3310 - Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Music

Goals: Designed for nonmajors and majors, the course will explore diverse issues in early music. The dominance of the Church, the rise of the “secular,” the impact of the doctrines of “courtly love,” and the contexts of the other arts and politics; these and others will be studied in their relationship to specific musical works of the period.

Content: Representative compositions from Gregorian chant to Palestrina.

Taught: Alternate years

Credits: 4