SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Major genres and composers of monophonic and polyphonic music, sacred and secular in Western Europe and England (ca. 7th-14th centuries).
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: MUSIC 212 or declared in Music, Music: Education, or Music: Performance graduate program Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Review traditional approaches to the study of medieval music and understand the resources available for learning medieval music through those approaches. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explore the relevance and value of studying medieval music in the modern music curriculum. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe how expressions of power and music practices were linked in the Middle Ages and continue today. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Explore the current state of research in music (from the Middle Ages and beyond) by reading and discussing articles, book chapter, etc. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Complete a creative research project of a length, depth, and scope that meets graduate-level expectations and that might serve as the basis for a larger project in the student's area of study (thesis or other document). Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Review traditional approaches to the study of medieval music and understand the resources available for learning medieval music through those approaches. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explore the relevance and value of studying medieval music in the modern music curriculum. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe how expressions of power and music practices were linked in the Middle Ages and continue today. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Explore the current state of research in music (from the Middle Ages and beyond) by reading and discussing articles, book chapter, etc. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Complete a creative research project of a length, depth, and scope that meets graduate-level expectations and that might serve as the basis for a larger project in the student's area of study (thesis or other document). Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027