Course curriculum

  • 01

    Introduction

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    • About this Course
    • Please Introduce Yourself
  • 02

    Module One: Introduction to Religion and Knowledge in Music

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    • Module One Overview
    • Lecture One
    • Transcript of Lecture One
    • List of Music for Module One
    • Reading: The Geographical and Chronological Boundaries of Medieval Philosophy
    • Reading: The Main Ingredients of Medieval Philosophy
    • Reading: Plainchant and Monophonic Sacred Music
    • Video: What is Gregorian Chant?
    • Reading-The Art of Memory
    • Discussion One
  • 03

    Module Two: Foundations of Sacred Medieval Music

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    • Module Two Overview
    • Lecture Two
    • Transcript of Lecture Two
    • List of Music for Module Two
    • Reading: Saint Augustine
    • Reading: Boethius
    • Video: The Origins of Music - The Story of Guido
    • Reading: Overview of Medieval Music
    • Reading: Intertextuality
    • Reading: Ave Maria Stella
    • Reading: Medieval Notation
    • Reading: Haec Dies
    • Video: A Simple Guide to Modes
    • Discussion Two
  • 04

    Module Three: Music of the Offices and the Mass

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    • Module Three Overview
    • Lecture Three
    • Transcript of Lecture Three
    • List of Music for Module Three
    • Online Readings
    • Discussion Three
  • 05

    Module Four: Medieval Secular Music

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    • Module Four Overview
    • Lecture Four
    • Transcript of Lecture Four
    • List of Music for Module Four
    • Online Readings
    • Abelard and Heloise
    • Epithalamica
    • Discussion Four
  • 06

    Module Five: The Rise of Polyphony

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    • Module Five Overview
    • Lecture Five
    • Transcript of Lecture Five
    • List of Music for Module Five
    • Online Resources
    • Reading: The Rhythmic Modes
    • Discussion Five
    • End of Course Survey