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HIMUS 624 — History of Early Music

2 credits
Spring
Thomas Forrest Kelly

How did we get here and where are we going? A study of the women and men, the trends and ideas, that arose individually and collectively to shape interest in the music of the past. Various “movements” and names (musique ancienne, Ancient Musick, Early Music, Historically-Informed Performance…) make it clear that that attitudes to older music have changed over time, and often reflect aspects and attitudes of their various times and places. This background study should provide material for a consideration of today’s attitudes, and perhaps a prediction of tomorrow’s. A parallel theme of the course will be a study of the development of musical notation from the Middle Ages to the Baroque, with emphasis on reading from original sources.