MUSIC-UA 101 - Medieval and Renaissance Music

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New York University

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Description:

Topics include the music of the medieval church; the codification and extension of the plainsong repertoire and the emergence and development of polyphony; music of the medieval court (troubadours, trouvères, and minnesingers); the ascendancy of secular polyphony in the 14th century and the subsequent Renaissance balance between sacred and secular; mass and motet, chanson and madrigal; and the beginnings of an autonomous repertoire for instruments in the 16th century.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nyu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 998-1212

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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