740-310 Court, Church and Urban Music 1450-1600

Through individual studies of selected musical centres and repertories, students will explore the nature, the role, and the functions of music in European society during the Renaissance. Using diverse materials, students will engage in a directed exploration of selected repertory, manuscript and printed sources, early notation, theoretical writings, performance practices, social history and current issues in scholarship and performance. Students will gain an enhanced experience of the musical life of the period, and develop critical skills that will assist them to evaluate recent musicological scholarship and modern performances.

Two project reports (60%); essay of 2500-3000 words (40%).

• I Fenlon, The Renaissance: From the 1470s to the End of the 16th Century. Man and Music, 2, Macmillan, 1989.