3.00 Credits
Does not meet a distribution requirement Fall 2008 147f(A) Collegium Renaissance and baroque music for mixed voices R. Eisenstein Prereq. enrollment is by audition only; 1 credit 147f(B) Voces Feminae Renaissance and baroque music for women's voices. C. Bell Prereq. enrollment is by audition only; 1 credit 147f(C) Instrumental Ensemble Study and perform music for early strings, recorder, shawm, and other early music instruments. A. Robbins, D. Stillman, E. Samuels Prereq. enrollment is by audition only; 1 credit 147f(D) Renaissance Dance Sixteenth- through eighteenth-century European social dance, contemporary with the eras of Elizabeth I and Shakespeare in England, the Medicis in Italy, Louis XIV in France, and colonial America. The focus will be on learning the dances, supplemented by historical and social background, discussion of the original dance sources, and reconstruction techniques. M. Pash, N. Monahin 1 credit 147f(E) Seminar in Seventeeth- Century Song This course is a repertory survey conducted in masterclass format. Each participant will learn and sing in class a song every week or two. English lute ayres, French airs de cour, Italian monodies, and later music up to and including Henry Purcell are included. There is a very limited but interesting selection of reading as well. R. Eisenstein Prereq. enrollment is by audition only; Note: limited to six singers and three continuo players (keyboard, lute/guitar, and/or cello/gamba); 1 credit Spring 2009 147s(A) Collegium Renaissance and baroque music for mixed voices R. Eisenstein Prereq. enrollment is by audition only; 1 credit 147s(B) Voces Feminae Renaissance and baroque music for women's voices. C. Bell Prereq. enrollment is by audition only; 1 credit 147s(C) Instrumental Ensemble Study and perform music for early strings, recorder, shawm, and other early music instruments. A. Robbins, D. Stillman, E. Samuels Prereq. enrollment is by audition only; 1 credit 147s(D) Renaissance Dance Sixteenth- through eighteenth-century European social dance, contemporary with the eras of Elizabeth I and Shakespeare in England, the Medicis in Italy, Louis XIV in France, and colonial America. The focus will be on learning the dances, supplemented by historical and social background, discussion of the original dance sources, and reconstruction techniques. M. Pash, N. Monahin 1 credit 147s(E) Seminar in Seventeeth- Century Song This course is a repertory survey conducted in masterclass format. Each participant will learn and sing in class a song every week or two. English lute ayres, French airs de cour, Italian monodies, and later music up to and including Henry Purcell are included. There is a very limited but interesting selection of reading as well. R. Eisenstein Prereq. enrollment is by audition only; limited to six singers and three continuo players (keyboard, lute/guitar, and/or cello/gamba); 1 credit