HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE PRACTICES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MUSIC 212 or declared in Music, Music: Education, or Music: Performance graduate program Course Designation: 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 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the historical performance movement and trace its evolution through modern history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Consider the relevance and value of ideas such as the work, authority, and authenticity and its place in contemporary discussions of music and performance. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explore theoretical and/or musicological research directly related to issues in historically informed performance. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Investigate topics necessary for the performance of music in a historically informed style, focusing on the music of the baroque. 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. Examine the historical performance movement and trace its evolution through modern history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Consider the relevance and value of ideas such as the work, authority, and authenticity and its place in contemporary discussions of music and performance. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explore theoretical and/or musicological research directly related to issues in historically informed performance. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Investigate topics necessary for the performance of music in a historically informed style, focusing on the music of the baroque. 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