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Time Schedule:

Jo Ann Taricani
MUHST 497
Seattle Campus

Special Topics in Music History

Topics vary each quarter. Prerequisite: 2.0 in MUHST 210; 2.0 in MUSIC 303; 2.0 in MUSIC 306.

Class description

Material will include the liturgy, chant, and polyphony in use in France from approximately 1000-1450, from the earliest chant sources through the music of Dufay. Prerequisites will be enforced.

Student learning goals

General method of instruction

Classes will consists of a combination of lectures and discussions; there will be one project to be chosen by each student, with a paper on that project to be written before the end of the quarter. There will also be a mid-term and a final examination.

Recommended preparation

Class assignments and grading

The information above is intended to be helpful in choosing courses. Because the instructor may further develop his/her plans for this course, its characteristics are subject to change without notice. In most cases, the official course syllabus will be distributed on the first day of class.

Last Update by Jo Ann Taricani
Date: 04/01/2005