BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY Department of Music

Music 241B Music of the Renaissance Winter 2007 Instructor: J. Eby Office hours: TBA Course Description: A study of music from the time of Dufay until the end of the 16th century. Text: Grout and Palisca, A History of Western Music, 7th edition. Secondary text Allan Atlas,

Renaissance Music. Additional readings are on reserve in the library. Please don’t forget these when you are writing your paper.

Evaluation: There will be a mid-term test on February 19th, worth 25%; a term paper, due in early March, worth 35%; and a final exam, worth 40%. Exams will cover lectures, assigned readings, and listening CDs. No supplemental exams will be given. Outline: Grout/Palisca

reading Part I: The “Netherlands School” Jan. 8 Introduction to the Renaissance 146-166 Burgundy 167-180 10 Burgundy - Guillaume Dufay, motet 180-184 chanson, Dufay and Gilles Binchois 15 More chansons Dufay - Mass "Se la face ay Pale" 184-189 17 Ockeghem and Obrecht - sacred music 190-201 22 Ockeghem, Busnois and Josquin - Chansons 202-209 24 Josquin des Prez - Mass "L'Homme Armé" 29 Josquin - motets 31 Heinrich Isaac and others Part II: Secular Song Feb. 5 Early Madrigal in Italy 240-249

7 Later Madrigal in Italy 250-255 12 Song in France up to vers mesuré 255-258 14 Song in Spain and Germany 259

19 Mid-term test (Value = 25%) 21 English Song and Madrigal I 259-263 March Break Mar. 5 English Song and Madrigal II Part III: Instrumental Music 7 Transcriptions and arrangements 264-275 12 Dances 14 New instrumental forms 275-281 19 Instrumental Music concluded Part IV: Sacred Music of the High Renaissance 21 Music of the German and French Reformation 210-221 26 The Counter-Reformation: Palestrina: The "Pope Marcellus" Mass 224-232 28 Palestrina's contemporaries: Victoria and Lasso 233-239

Apr. 2 Sacred Music in Tudor England 221-224 Taverner, Tallis and Byrd 4 Venice: the Gabrielis - catch-up 281-285