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MUTH 316 - Tonality in Early Music


Next Offered: Spring Semester

Semester Offered: Second Semester
FC
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: CNDP, DDHU

In this course, we will investigate tonal structure in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century music, studying such diverse repertoire as the frottola, metrical psalmody, Baroque guitar tablature, Monteverdi’s madrigals, and J.S. Bach’s chorales. Using the Selch Collection’s extensive holdings of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century music and music theory books, we will gain familiarity with Renaissance-era notation and sources, and we will explore the benefits and limitations of using Renaissance music theory to analyze Renaissance music. By studying large groups of related pieces-corpora-we will explore the compositional decisions and listening strategies that govern so- called “pre-tonal” repertoires.
 

Enrollment Limit: 18
Instructor: M.K. Long

Consent of the Instructor Required: No
Prerequisites & Notes: MUTH 231 Music Theory III.



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