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HIMUS 611-2 — History and Literature of 17th- and 18th- Century Music

4 credits
Full Year
Robert Mealy

This course is an in-depth investigation into specific historical moments and national styles in Italy, Germany, France, and England from the 17th through the mid-18th centuries. As the course progresses through each country in turn, topics covered will include historical and cultural perspectives; genre studies; musical forms and structures; rhetoric; analytical methods and treatises; notation; improvisation and ornamentation; questions of historical temperament and pitch; and organology. The class provides a practical forum to address the various aspects of research, interpretation, analysis, and issues of style through performance. Required of all first-year Historical Performance majors.