Music 646 - Music History- Renaissance
Fall
2021
01
3.00
Evan MacCarthy
TH 5:00PM 7:30PM
UMass Amherst
23233
Bromery Center for Arts Rm 421
emaccarthy@umass.edu
A survey of Renaissance music from Dunstable and Dufay to Gesualdo, Monteverdi, and Gabrieliofrom faux bourdon to the invention of opera. Emphasis on musical masterpieces; reference to parallel developments in the visual arts. Prerequisite: MUSIC 300.
This course is open to Music Graduate students in any concentration. Undergraduate Music majors can enroll with instructor permission only.