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Music and its media

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This free course, Music and its media, examines some of the main ways in which music is transmitted. It considers how the means of communicating a particular piece can change over time; and how the appearance and contents of a source can reflect the circumstances in which it is produced. The course focuses on three examples of musical media that allow us to study music of the past: manuscripts of sixteenth-century Belgium, prints of eighteenth-century London, and recordings of twentieth-century America.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 How is music transmitted?
  • 1 How is music transmitted?
  • 1.1 Different musical media
  • 2 Music manuscripts of the sixteenth-century Low Countries
  • 2 Music manuscripts of the sixteenth-century Low Countries
  • 2.1 The music manuscripts of the Alamire workshop
  • 2.2 Two manuscripts from the Alamire workshop
  • 2.3 The contents of the Brussels manuscript
  • 2.4 The contents of the Vienna manuscript
  • 3 Music publications of eighteenth-century London
  • 3 Music publications of eighteenth-century London
  • 3.1 John Walsh and the London audience
  • 3.2 Examining Walsh’s publications
  • 3.3 Corelli and the London audience
  • 3.4 John Walsh, Estienne Roger and Corelli’s solo sonatas
  • 3.5 Walsh’s editions of Corelli’s Opus 5
  • 4 Music recordings of twentieth-century America
  • 4 Music recordings of twentieth-century America
  • 4.1 The V-Disc programme
  • 4.2 The form of V-Discs
  • 4.3 The content of V-Discs
  • 4.4 The meaning of V-Discs
  • 4.5 Meanings of V-Disc music
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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