MUM5040

Medieval and Renaissance music

Carol Williams

8 or 12 points
* 2 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton

Objectives On successful completion of the subject, students should have acquired a general knowledge of the ordering of music developments within the period of investigation and an understanding of historical theories with which critically to evaluate them in a variety of types of historical writing.

Synopsis This subject encompasses a survey of European music from medieval times to c.1600. Among the themes discussed are the impact of the theorist, text and music, sacred versus secular, theory and notation, and written versus oral traditions.

Assessment (8 points) Written (6000 words): 100%
Assessment (12 points) Written (9000 words): 100%

Readings and texts

Listed in the course book.