21M.220 Early Music, Spring 2007

Cuthbert, Michael Scott

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Cuthbert, Michael Scott

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Early Music

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Abstract

This class covers the history of Western music from antiquity until approximately 1680, about 2000 years worth of music. Rather than cover each topic at the same level of depth, we will focus on four topics in particular and glue them together with a broad overview of other topics. The four topics chosen for this term are (1) chant structure, performance, and development; (2) 14th century music of Italy and France; (3) Elizabethan London; and (4) Venice in the Baroque era. The class will also introduce many of the tools we use in studying music history such as manuscript study, original notation work (the musical equivalent of foreign language study), and historical performance practice.

Date issued

2007-06

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75808

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Music and Theater Arts Section; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning; MIT Program in Women's and Gender Studies; MIT Program in Writing & Humanistic Studies

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21M.220-Spring2007

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Keywords

medieval, church music, chant, Gregorian chant, religious music, baroque music, mode, liturgy, monody, polyphony, Trecento, motet, Hildegard, Italian, French, Catholic, Mass

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