SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE RENAISSANCE

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: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Review traditional approaches to the study of Renaissance music and understand the resources available for learning Renaissance music through those approaches. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Discuss the relevance and value of studying Renaissance in the modern music curriculum. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explore the current state of research in music (from the Renaissance and beyond) by reading and discussing articles, book chapters, etc. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Investigate materiality as it directly relates to the study and practice of music in both contemporary and Renaissance culture. 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 Renaissance music and understand the resources available for learning Renaissance music through those approaches. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Discuss the relevance and value of studying Renaissance in the modern music curriculum. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explore the current state of research in music (from the Renaissance and beyond) by reading and discussing articles, book chapters, etc. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Investigate materiality as it directly relates to the study and practice of music in both contemporary and Renaissance culture. 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