MHST 221 Survey: Music in Western Europe,c850-1750
This course is a survey. The principal objective is to study stylistic developments in music from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods, and to explore the social-cultural frameworks in which those developments took place. We will study works by anonymous composers, Hildegard, Leonin, Perotin, Machaut, DuFay, Josquin, Palestrina, Lassus, Byrd, Caccini, Monteverdi, Lully, Gabrieli, Schütz, Corelli, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel and others. Course requirements include weekly listening and reading assignments, weekly quizzes and three exams.