MUSC 2081 - Music History 1: Antiquity to Baroque

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3
Course Description: This course explores the development of Western art music from antiquity through the Baroque Era. Topics include the lives and works of notable composers, the advancement of music theory, the changing role of music in Western civilization, and the development of styles and genres within musical, historical, and social contexts.
MnTC Goals
 MnTC Goal 6 Humanities and Fine Arts

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: ENGL 1020/1021 and MUSC 1070

Major Content
 

1. Classical Antiquity
   1. Greek Music
   2. Roman Music
2. The Medieval Period
   1. Medieval Society
   2. Music of the Roman Catholic Church
      1. Gregorian chant
      2. Organum
      3. Mass
   3. Music of the Court
      1. Troubadours & Trouveres
      2. Instrumental and dance music
   4. Music Theory and Notation
      1. Polyphony
      2. Meter
      3. Modes
3. The Renaissance
   1. Renaissance Society
   2. Sacred Music
   3. Music of the Reformation

i. Chorale

  4. Music of the Counter-Reformation

 a. Mass

 b. Motet

  5. Secular Music

 a. Madrigal

 b.Instrumental Music

   6. Instruments of the Renaissance

1. The Baroque Era
   1. Baroque Society
   2. Vocal Music
      1. Opera
      2. Oratorio
      3. Cantata
   3. Instrumental Music

        i. Concerto

a. Suite

b. Sonata

d. Baroque Instruments
Learning Outcomes
 

1. describe the impact of significant composers and works in the Western art music tradition from antiquity through the Baroque Era. 
2. describe the development of significant music genres from antiquity through the Baroque Era.
3. describe the development of music notation, theory, aesthetics, style, form, and instruments from antiquity through the Baroque Era.
4. analyze significant works and trends in Western art music from antiquity to the Baroque Era.
5. articulate the changing relationship between music and society from antiquity through the Baroque.
6. explain the ways in which Western art music was shaped by broad political, cultural, and economic trends, and by the values of the society that produced it.

06.b. Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.

06.c. Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
None

Practicum hours per week: 0

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