MUSIC 326/526

MUSIC BEFORE 1600

COURSE OUTLINE

Please note: dates are approximate

Week 1- Early Monophonic Music, Ancient Civilizations

Week 2- Early Christian Music

Week 3- Gregorian Chant, liturgy, early notation

Week 4- Medieval Music Theory
Early Secular Music

Week 5- Hildegard of Bingen
Instrumental Music in the Middle Ages

Week 6- Organum, Discant Style, Rhythmic Modes

Week 7- Ars Antiqua

Week 8- Ars Nova

Week 9- Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance

Week10 - The Fifteenth Century - Burgundian School

Week11 - The Netherlanders part 1
The Netherlanders part 2

Week12 – Music Printing and Instrumental Music

Week 13- Renaissance National Styles
Madrigals

Week14 - Reformation and Counter-Reformation

Week15- Transition to Baroque Style

FINAL EXAM Saturday December 17, 2005 at 10:15 a.m.

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