MDST 020. Medieval and Renaissance Music

(Cross-listed with MUSI 020)
A repertory based course that discusses the history of music in Europe from the beginnings of musical notation to the birth of opera. (c. 800 - c. 1600). Mus 20 considers this varied repertory through lenses of race, gender, and identity, nationalism and post-colonial theory. Topics include musical rituals, music and magic, music and Elizabethan global politics, music, piety, & sacrilege, sexual discourse in music, relationships between music and architecture, development of musical instruments, and history of theory.
Prerequisite: MUSI 011 or permission of the instructor.
Spring 2025. Blasina.
Catalog chapter: Medieval Studies
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/medieval-studies

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