This page presents outlines for each lecture, and selected handouts. It also presents a full-length video of Lecture 16, as an illustration of the instructional methods used in class.
| LEC # | TOPICS | LECTURE OUTLINES | HANDOUTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Focus 1: Chant: Structure, Performance, and Development | |||
| 1 | Introduction to Early Music and to Chant | (PDF) | |
| 2 | Antiquity to Chant | (PDF) | |
| 3 | The Purpose and Types of Chant | (PDF) | Lecture slides (PDF - 1.6MB) |
| 4 | Diversity and Development in Chant | (PDF) |
Byzantine ecphonetic notation. Greece, ca. 1100. Schøyen Collection MS 2033. (JPG)
Vedic numeric hand gesture music notation. India, 1583. Schøyen Collection 5292 (JPG) |
| Other Topics 1: From Chant to the Fourteenth-Century | |||
| 5 | Secular Monophony in the Middle Ages | (PDF) | |
| 6 | The Birth of Polyphony | (PDF) | Lecture slides (PDF) |
| 7 | Polyphony (and some monophony) in the 13th and early 14th century | (PDF) | |
| 8 | Fauvel, Vitry, Machaut and Music in France before 1370 | (PDF) | La quarte estampie real (PDF) |
| In Focus 2: Music in the Trecento (Italy 1340–1420) | |||
| 9 | Introduction to Trecento Music | (PDF) | |
| 10 | Trecento Music and Musicology: Introduction to Research; Sacred Music | (PDF) | |
| 11 | Simplicity and Complexity | (PDF) |
Lecture slides (PDF - 5.0MB)
Paintings by Andrea da Firenze, Giotto di Bondone, and Jacopo del Casentino (ZIP - 1.4MB) (This zip file contains 11 jpg images.) |
| 12 | The End of the Trecento and The Rise of European Music | (PDF - 2.6MB) | |
| First Exam | |||
| Other Topics 2: The “Renaissance” (1420–1600) | |||
| 13 | Music in the Mid-Fifteenth Century 1440–1480 | (PDF) |
Lecture slides (PDF - 1.5 MB)
Notes on In Hydraulis by Timothy Dickey |
| 14 | Vocal Music: Josquin, his Contemporaries, and his Followers | (PDF) | |
| 15 | Discussion: How to revise a research paper | ||
| 16 | Lecture video: 16th century vocal and instrumental music | (PDF) | Lecture slides (PDF - 1.5 MB) |
| Special Event: Jane Alden, “Why Facsimiles?” | |||
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**In Focus 3: Elizabethan London ** |
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| 17 | Tutor England / The Elizabethan Madrigal | (PDF) | |
| 18 | English Music in Church and School | (PDF) | Evensong (Adapted): The Book of Common Prayer Noted (PDF) |
| 19 | Instrumental Music and Lute Song (Doug Freundlich, Guest Lecturer) | (PDF) | |
| 20 | Music in London Society | (PDF) | Songs of Thomas Ravenscroft (PDF) |
| Second Hour Exam | |||
| Other Topics 3: New Developments on the Continent, 1570–1620 | |||
| 21 | Madrigal and Drama in Late Sixteenth-Century Italy; Music in Venice | (PDF) | |
| 22 | The Rise of Opera and a New Style | (PDF) | |
