Overview
Description
Western music cultures from earliest notated music to end of the Renaissance (around 1600), emphasis on understanding how musical meanings & values are created in a cultural context. Course has significant writing and participation components.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- analyze the variety of social, cultural, migrational, ethnic, and gendered contexts that inform music of the Medieval and Renaissance periods.
- speak and write about music with theoretical knowledge and analytical sophistication.
- apply their knowledge of music history to their area of specialization.