Course Description: This course uses the texts set to music in early modernity as a way of deepening understanding of the way music developed during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. We will translate the texts of monophonic and polyphonic works from the plainchant of the Christian church, through the lyrics of Hildegard and the sequences of Notker the Stammerer, the early motet (including works from the Codex Engelberg and the Notre Dame school), the Carmina Burana, the isorhythmic motet (including the works of Dufay), and concluding with music of the Renaissance. The course is structured to examine music and text in tandem, and to consider the impact each had on the other.
DETAILS
Level: Intermediate-Advanced Latin reading. There is no requirement to be familiar with medieval Latin. Participants need to have a general familiarity with Classical music traditions to get the most from this course.
Textbook: Instructor will provide materials (Tyrell & Purser's The Correspondence of M. Tullius Cicero) will be provided by the instructor
Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.
When
Thursdays, 6:00p.m. U.S. Eastern Time
Cost
$250
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