Required Textbook
[W&S] = Wright, Craig, and Bryan R. Simms. Music in Western Civilization, Volume I: Antiquity through the Baroque. Thomson/Schirmer, 2006. ISBN: 9780495008651.
Readings in the textbook will be complemented by handouts from various sources.
Other References
Barker, Andrew, ed. Greek Musical Writings: Volume 1 (Cambridge Readings in the Literature of Music). Cambridge University Press, 1984. ISBN: 9780521235938.
Christensen, Thomas, ed. The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory (The Cambridge History of Music). Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780521623711.
Ledger, Philip, ed. Oxford Book of English Madrigals. Oxford University Press, 1979. ISBN: 9780193436640.
LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
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In Focus 1: Chant: Structure, Performance, and Development | ||
1 | Introduction to Early Music and to Chant | |
2 | Antiquity to Chant |
[W&S] pp. 0-28, esp. 6-7, 14-15, and 18-24 Weiss, Piero, and Richard Taruskin. "Plato's Musical Idealism." In Music in the Western World: A History in Documents. Schirmer, 1984, pp. 6-10. ISBN: 9780028729008. |
3 | The Purpose and Types of Chant | [W&S] pp. 28-34 |
4 | Diversity and Development in Chant | [W&S] pp. 34-41 |
Other Topics 1: From Chant to the Fourteenth-Century | ||
5 | Secular Monophony in the Middle Ages |
[W&S] pp. 34-46 Danziger, Danny, and John Gillingham. "The Englishman's Castle." In 1215: The Year of the Magna Carta. Touchstone, 2004, pp. 1-32. ISBN: 9780743257732. [Preview with Google Books] |
6 | The Birth of Polyphony | [W&S] pp. 47-52 |
7 | Polyphony (and some monophony) in the 13th and early 14th century |
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8 | Fauvel, Vitry, Machaut and Music in France before 1370 | [W&S] Chapter 12 |
In Focus 2: Music in the Trecento (Italy 1340-1420) | ||
9 | Introduction to Trecento Music |
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Begin for this session, finish next session Long, Michael. "Trecento Italy." In Antiquity and the Middle Ages: From Ancient Greece to the 15th Century (Music and Society Series). Edited by James McKinnon. Prentice Hall, 1990, pp. 241-68. ISBN: 9780130361615. |
10 | Trecento Music and Musicology: Introduction to Research; Sacred Music | Finish Long, "Trecento Italy" (as started for Lec #9) |
11 | Simplicity and Complexity | No readings assigned |
12 | The End of the Trecento and The Rise of European Music | [W&S]:
Cuthbert, Michael Scott. "Counting Our Losses." Excerpt from Trecento Fragments. PhD Thesis, Harvard University, 2006. (PDF) (The full dissertation is at Trecento Fragments and Polyphony Beyond the Codex) |
First Exam | ||
Other Topics 2: The "Renaissance" (1420-1600) | ||
13 | Music in the Mid-Fifteenth Century 1440-1480 |
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14 | Vocal Music: Josquin, his Contemporaries, and his Followers |
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15 | Discussion: How to revise a research paper |
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16 | 16th century vocal and instrumental music | [W&S]
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Special Event: Jane Alden, "Why Facsimiles?" | ||
In Focus 3: Elizabethan London (The Order of these Four Classes May Vary) | ||
17 | Tudor England / The Elizabethan Madrigal | [W&S] Chapters 26-27, "Music in Elizabethan England," pp. 210-22. |
18 | English Music in Church and School |
Atlas, Allan W. "Elizabethan England." In Anthology of Renaissance Music (The Norton Introduction to Music History). W. W. Norton and Sons, 1998, pp. 675-97. ISBN: 9780393971705. Morley, Thomas. A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke (Shakespeare association. Facsimiles). Oxford University Press, 1937, pp. 1-9 and 74. (PDF - 1.0MB) |
19 | Instrumental Music and Lute Song (Doug Freundlich, Guest Lecturer) |
Atlas, Allan W. "Elizabethan England." In Anthology of Renaissance Music (The Norton Introduction to Music History). W. W. Norton and Sons, 1998, pp. 661-75. ISBN: 9780393971705. Lute Tablature: "Maids in Constrite." (PDF) |
20 | Music in London Society | moved to L&S |
Second Hour Exam | ||
Other Topics 3: New Developments on the Continent, 1570-1620 | ||
21 | Madrigal and Drama in Late Sixteenth-Century Italy; Music in Venice |
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22 | The Rise of Opera and a New Style |
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